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Working Heart
This business of heart-led living is hard work. We aren’t designed for isolation; it’s not what God intended for us. We are hard-wired to live in extended family households. Anything else is hardly living. However, revelation says a covenant family … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, evangelism, isolation, mainstream christianity, propaganda, religion, sensory heart
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Unintended Confirmations
One of our fundamental teachings here is that God’s character pervades the whole universe. Regardless of apparent facts, you won’t really begin to understand reality until you characterize it on some level as a living thing itself. On some level, … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged church, divine revelation, government, human nature, human understanding, moral fabric, organizational theory, religion
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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
Admin: Parish Rituals
An offline question led to the realization I’ve never actually discussed rituals for our parish. There is a sense in which we can’t do them. One, we don’t have anyone officially designated as our priestly pastor, someone to handle the … Continue reading
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Tagged christian mysticism, church, religion, ritual observances, rituals, worship
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Stability in Motion
I was altogether serious about it. In my mind was a wealth of possibilities for building a new and different kind of faith community. I still hope to see that, but I won’t be involved in that mission in the … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, epistemology, faith community, faith in God, individual faith, mission, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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The Faith of Loners
They told me, “There are no Lone Rangers in the faith.” Aside from a couple of truly fine leaders, the majority of those with whom I’ve worked in churches would reflexively deny that a Christian can be a faithful, spirit-filled … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged church politics, evangelism, Lone Rangers, mysticism, oppression, peace, psychology, religion, spirituality
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Babylon Again
The lesson was burned into my soul long before I was conscious of it: no two alike. Commonalities there must be, or communication and fellowship are utterly impossible. Those things are required, so they must be possible on some level, … Continue reading
It Would Work without Me
The word “faith” itself connotes an ultimate confidence in things we cannot possibly understand, much less control. I can tell you that it’s there. I can show you what it does to me when I touch it. My words just … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, ministry, mission, mysticism, nature, pastoral care, psychology, religion, sensory heart
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