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Mission and Mortality
If it were a simple matter of efficiency and logic, we would all simply commit suicide. Perhaps he didn’t intend to teach what I caught from it, but one of the fellows who helped to shape my awareness during my … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Christian mythology, history, intellect, literature, western intellectual heritage
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Heart-led Parables
Our mysticism is not as their mysticism. One of the most confusing things we deal with is a vast legacy of Western-style mysticism. The Western version remains cerebral; it does not target a heart-led understanding. Instead, there is some nebulous … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, mysticism, parable, philosophy, scripture, symbolic logic, western intellectual heritage
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Answering Final: Otherworld
We come to the end of this series, and frankly some half of what I might have said in the first place shows up in the comments in reply to other comments. It occurs to me one point in particular … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, languages, mysticism, psychology, science
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Answering 02: Two Realms
How do you explain it? In my mind there remain a handful of people who seemed to understand. They were on their own path and knew it, so I offer not a word of criticism about their choices. Most of … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, evangelism, intellect, social sciences, Two Realms
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Answering 01: I Believe
Sometimes it helps to reduce the shock for others if you can say something that shows you aren’t entirely outside all familiar Christian doctrine. As always, you are supposed to recognize that this is just my own beliefs in my … Continue reading
Just One
That’s all it takes. So long as just one person benefits from what I do, and I get enough feedback to know about it, I’ll keep doing this. Of course, as long as it’s this easy, I’d do it for … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, heart-led, internet, ministry, oppression, politics, propaganda, resistance, virtual parish
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Heartless Evangelism
Our apartment complex has a posted sign about no solicitation. Once that sign is posted, you have to get management’s permission for any random door-knocking. Court precedent in this state has made it clear that door-knocking evangelism is covered under … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelism, heart-mind, propaganda, psychology, resistance, social mythology, western christianity
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Not Just a Spectator
This thing is a global disruption. It’s an established principle of economics. The model is flexible, but it works like this: You have a company that produces something that people want and need, and the owners manage to invest in … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, economics, global communications network, heart-mind, Network Civilization, society
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If Only I Had the Words
Let me feed your soul. We don’t have a good word for it, so we stole one from another language and then gave it a new meaning — agape. It’s current meaning as “holy and sacrificial compassion” was actually established … Continue reading
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Tagged computer technology, heart-mind, miscellaneous, music, power of music, prayer request
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Funerary Service
For those who are curious, a generic non-sectarian funeral is really quite simple. First, you have to understand that funerals do nothing for the dead, but are for survivors. At most, we are simply consoling each other. There is nothing … Continue reading