Tag: wisdom
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Redeeming Ares, Part 4: Chiron Feeding
“Fine!” My twelve-year-old self snaps back. “I didn’t want to get schooled by you anyway, you mangy old horse-man. I’ll just sit here and eat the lunch Hestia gave me, until the bus comes to take me back.”
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Socrates Evangelion (Beyond “Apology”)
A powerfully-built young man stands on the walls of Athens. His face is torn between Hope and Sorrow. He has clearly been there a while, staring into the west as the sun sets. Finally he sighs and turns to return home. Just before he descends he glances back for one…
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Redeeming Ares, Part 0
Continued from Redeeming Aphrodite Ernie: You again? I thought Hades replaced you! Ares: Dream on. Even Haphaestus wants me back. Needs me, even. E. But you’re the personification of rape, sadism, and uncontrolled violence! A. So?
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Dream: Guidebook
It is our group’s last day in this beach townWe have all packed our bagsAnd checked out We are storing our thingsIn some sort of common roomWhile we each wait to depart I realize I have no more obligationsThis is the perfect timeTo doSome serious drinking!
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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.
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Redeeming Aphrodite: Girls Knight Out (Part 11)
Continued from Part 10 Prologue I stand in the Box of Hades Holding the hand of Eve. While the Multitude tears Adam to shreds. Over and over and over again. Time seems to stop. Or perhaps speed up to infinity. We are frozen somewhere between horror and awe. By the…
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LEAD! B.3 From Mockery to Hope
The mockers must have the pride crushed out of them through suffering, to realize the limits of their earthly wisdom. To endure, their souls need to hope in God’s goodness.
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LEAD! B.1 From Humanism to Wisdom
The humanity of the Simple, Mocker, and Fool versus the fear of God’s Wisdom. Defines wisdom as the ability to live out God’s name, and virtue as the different facets of wise character.
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LEAD! Part B: Christian Character
As mentioned earlier, the LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development Having finished writing the lessons for Part A, we now turn out attention to the second trimester (which the class will start in January). This blog post is for the…