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Heart Intelligence HOWTO

This is how I do it; your mileage may vary. Bear in mind the systemic model of human nature. We are fighting generations of mythology and social conditioning that deny a separate intelligence in the heart and belly. Not only … Continue reading

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Naked and Invested

Humans do have instincts. Conceptually, it’s probably useful to think of them as part of your lower brain at the bottom of your spine, what I jokingly call the “butt-brain”. It’s the center of your body consciousness and the functions … Continue reading

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Heart of the Mission

Heart-led living is not the mission, but the means to it. Whole civilizations rose and fell under the fundamental assumptions of heart-led living and paid little heed to our Creator. Rather, heart-led living is a basic necessity of living itself. … Continue reading

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Heart of Faith: Insertion

(This was a delayed submission that will be in the book, inserted before my story.) Jeanette’s Story My parents were cold and unloving and had no idea how to prepare their daughters for living in this world. After I gave … Continue reading

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Salty Heart

I’ve often said of politics: We have no dog in this fight. Whatever you see on the political landscape is what politicians want you to see. It’s theater, deception, manipulation, but entirely bullshit. Most of the popular political causes are … Continue reading

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Quick Review: DIY Religion

Kiln of the Soul virtual parish is a concept, nothing more. It becomes little more than a label on my willingness to act as pastor to anyone wandering by this blog. Parish membership is just an artifact of your own … Continue reading

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Profound Sense of Peace

Don’t ask me how I got this way, but it’s been following me around for longer than a week. That’s in spite of some weird behavior from WordPress. I was unable to login for a while, then got the newer … Continue reading

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BLDJ: Chapter 4

In essence, the Law of Noah is hard-wired into human nature. That is, the Law of Noah reflects what God revealed as the best way to live after the Fall. It would prevent the necessity of another global destruction of … Continue reading

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Switch Channels

Nobody can explain it, though thousands have tried. We can’t even describe it. There is ample evidence in Scripture that it goes far back into human history. It’s more than mere records of conversations with God. Just who is going … Continue reading

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Transience

A measure of uncertainty is our certitude. Recall that fundamental to the Fall was human presumption on divine prerogative. Creation remains in a variable state; it is in one sense nothing more than the contextual extension of God’s imagination. It … Continue reading

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