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Prayer Request: Employment
Okay, so I’m now halfway serious about finding work. Yes, it’s all part of the mission. In meat space, one of the things I do best is make other people look good. I have no mainstream ambitions, but I do … Continue reading
Dead to This World
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged gospel, government, mission, mysticism, oppression, spirituality, Two Realms
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Sacrificial Instinct
We have a dozen words that could serve as synonyms for “love” in various contexts, but it is a testimony to the failure of Anglo-American culture that we still abuse the word with such ambiguity. We confuse it intentionally; we … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Anglo-American culture, blogging, human intelligence, mortality, spirituality, writing
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A Fresh Accounting
The tempo is changing again. As always, you could have written me off as nuts a long time ago. I’ve been reshaped in so many different ways by the hand of God that I can scarcely remember where I was … Continue reading
Xubuntu 14.04 Is Okay
I’ve installed the latest LTS release of Xubuntu Trusty Tahr (14.04) on an aging laptop. There are a few bugs noted on the release page and I suppose they’ll eventually get those worked out. At any rate, I still refuse … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged computers, debian, linux, technology, ubuntu, XFCE, Xubuntu
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Living Law
Most people get God’s Laws all wrong. It’s not that they can’t understand the words, and to some degree the higher concepts, but they insist on seeing “law” as some reflection of what our society has done with the concept. … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, law, mysticism, quantum reality, spirituality
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Measured by the Cross
There’s a time and place in divine justice for failure. Who calls Jesus’ crucifixion a success? Sometimes it’s not a matter of winning, but of losing well. In some contexts, no single answer you can see is best. We are … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, Jesus' crucifixion, mortality, mysticism, psychology, spirituality
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Job 36
Context is everything. To our Western eyes trained to read literally, this chapter could seem no different from what the trio said. However, Elihu has established already that he is not on their path. Thus, the same words in the … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged Elihu, epistemology, Job, mortality, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Mission and Friendships
Natural to our humanity is an appetite for warmth connected with a sense of identity. Something in us knows without any possible explanation that we must belong to something. If we do not, then a major element in our sense … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged communion, community, friendship, human nature, mission, mysticism, peace, psychology, social mythology, spirituality
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Will to Resistance
My religion is not goal-oriented. The whole thing depends entirely on a sense of peace with God, something utterly nebulous and ineffable to the human mind. It simply is not possible for me to describe to you a structure for … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged civilization, divine justice, divine revelation, epistemology, government, law, mysticism, peace with god, resistance, western civilization
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