Monthly Archives: October 2013

Quantum Truth; Behavioral Deception

One of our biggest mistakes as humans is classifying people. We have a jillion labels we use and it makes us feel so very intelligent when we can describe where someone fits in the catalog. The overuse of Meyers-Briggs matrix … Continue reading

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Static Site Changed

My old static website, Kiln of the Soul (closed as of 2020), is now in its new form. All the archives are now backed up on my system and on a couple of external storage devices. They are still available, … Continue reading

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Woolgathering

Reviewing things I’ve seen in the past few weeks provokes a few thoughts about faith. The biggest barrier remains the vast pool of cultural thought patterns, by which false images become associated with Scripture. People understand the words well enough, … Continue reading

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Double Agent

It’s not schizophrenia, it’s roles within differing contexts. Online I am a pastor and prophet. It’s not as if I don’t do pastoral work in meat space, but it’s not the emphasis. The closest I come to that in the … Continue reading

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Divine Variables

As a teenager, I had an adult friend once who said, “I sometimes think I should just carry around a shotgun with my Bible. That way, when someone confesses Jesus as their Savior, I can just kill them right there … Continue reading

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Job 12

Even in his anger, Job is more noble than his friends. Where they scold, he answers with sarcastic wit. Surely, these three men represent the pinnacle of human wisdom! When they die, humanity would be plunged into darkness. Job reminds … Continue reading

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Warm Deception

More than once I’ve awakened to a pounding heart and the stinking sweat of terror. Not merely from some bad dream, not simply a too vivid movie scene in my memory, but the very real threat of death crawled through … Continue reading

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Admin: Static Site Going Away

The time has come to recognize that most of what is on my old static site (closed as of 2020) no longer reflects where I am today. If you know there is something there you use, make your personal copy … Continue reading

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Resume for the Network Age

You can’t hire me, but you can invoke my loyalty. On the one hand, we must comply with the laws of the land at least enough to fly under the radar. On the other hand, you must understand that I … Continue reading

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Shepherd Instinct 3

Let’s move this to a practical exercise. The shepherd instinct is fundamentally embracing the calling God has placed on manhood itself. Learning about it requires deconstructing everything that perverts it. As my regular readers know, this sort of deep discernment … Continue reading

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