Radically Happy

Tag: spirit

  • 1/2 Poem: For Fit, My Soul

    For trusting the seemings
 / Of this firmament
 / Means I can’t enjoy them
 / The way they were meant

  • Poem: Ob-Served

    Our flesh screams to be “pro-served” Where every whim is catered Yet only by being “ob-served” Can our soul’s thirst be sated

  • WADACAM! Men’s Weekend (Fall 2022)

    This Fourfold Reconciling (pronounced “G-SE-OOW!”) integrates often disjointed aspects of our faith into a seamless cycle of continually growing us all closer to Jesus: Worship AS Discipleship AS Community AS Mission. WADACAM!

  • Poem: Mind Settler

    To set our mind On kingdom things Requires a Settler Who’s a King

  • 6/12 RSVP: Un-Binding Pharisees

    It is easy To identify To despise To fear Pharisees Much harder To redeem one Much harder To recognize We might be one

  • Requiem for The Flesh

    Because the same instincts 
Shame uses 
To save our lives 
From dying 
It uses 
To save itself 
From the cross

  • Curing Self-Deficit Disorder

    The only cure 
For our Self 
Is God Himself

  • Fruit vs Counter-Fruit

    We were created To cultivate And consume The Fruit of the Spirit We are so desperate for fruit We will fake it With counterfeit Counter-Fruit

  • Function(Spirit): Word -> World

    Lord help me 
To empty my Self 
So your Spirit can flow 
In me and through me 
To bring Your living Word 
To my dying World

  • Fruit of the Spirit vs Veggies of the Law/Jellies of the Flesh

    Perhaps like you, I had subconsciously assumed that Fruit of the Spirit meant I myself was feeling more love, joy, peace, etc. But once I reimagined Fruit as “experiences we give others that contain the seed of Christ,” I started to get really excited.

  • DBJ-ECC3: Peer Reflective Wisdom Practice

    This Wednesday (June 30, 2021) I invite you to join me in encountering God’s wisdom in Ecclesiastes 3, as part of the Bay Area Summer Peer Mentoring group for the Octet Collaborative.

  • IGWET Statement of Faith

    PraiseRomans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn…

  • TRG-S6E4: Core Concepts

    Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 22 1PM PST) as David Johnson pitches us on the concepts he feels we need to Love More Like Jesus. Question: What does this group need in order to function the way God intended for us?…

  • TRG-S6E3: All Creation Groans

    Join us on The Great Reset (via Zoom or YouTube Live at Tue Dec 15 1PM PST) as we wrestle with Ted’s challenge about how to love the whole world More Like Jesus. Question: Why did God place us in a world full of brokenness and pain? Perspective: So we…

  • TGR-S5E2: Discipled By Scripture

    This week on The Great Reset, we invite you to learn along with us as we try out a new practice of being cooperatively taught by God. Question: How do we shift from intellectually studying God’s word to humbly obeying it? Perspective: By submitting ourselves to be Discipled By Scripture…

  • Monk’s Redemption: A Psychological Allegory

    The Vision
I see a locked door. In a dark and scary place, like a monster movie. Big, iron, with crisscrossed chains and padlocks.
Natalie walks up holding a flashlight. Monk trails behind nervously.
Suddenly Stottlemeyer steps in front of them. His eyes are bloodshot, as if he has been drinking, crying, or…

  • The Sinners Prayer, 2.0

    Dear God, Thank you for creating me in Your image, and for loving us like Jesus. Make me more and more like Jesus as I listen to your Word, your Spirit, and your Body. Heal the wounds in my spirit that keep me from loving You, myself and others as…

  • Lesson 6/6 Joy (Anjali’s Catechism)

    Spiritual Maturity: Thanks God made all of us on purpose. We are happy when we obey that purpose. We become happier the better we understand and live out that purpose. We share many purposes with other people, because God made us the same: Our bodies are happy when we eat…

  • Lesson 3/6: The Wound (Anjali’s Catechism)

    Holiness: Open to God Lots of people admire Jesus.  Even those who aren’t Christians often consider him a  model for how human beings should treat each other. Last time we talked about skills that help us become more like Jesus.  So why doesn’t everyone practice those skills? Why do we ourselves often…

  • Rohan’s Fruit Prayer

    Dear God, I need your help. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit. Teach me self-control. Show me your love, joy, peace & patience. Help me be a kind, good, gentle and faithful friend. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen. Inspired by Galatians 5.