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Alien Dimension
Her faced showed a hint of incredulity. Dr. King pivoted her head just a bit to the right while keeping eye contact, the bare beginning of a frown creasing her brow. “Trans-dimensional” she repeated slowly, as if testing how it … Continue reading
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Tagged mysticism, plane of existence, psychology, religion, spirituality, survival
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Alien Defense
The generator was running smoothly again. It took him the next two days, with some help, to roll the giant fuel bladder close enough to feed the generators. Barring any disasters, it was enough diesel for at least a week … Continue reading
A Psychology of Evangelism
Clinging to Western rationalism in religious matters is tantamount to wallowing in the Fall. You can read English translations of the Bible through Western lenses and find frantic assertions that you absolutely must organize resources and invade other countries with … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged epistemology, evangelism, Hebrew Mysticism, religion, scripture, spirituality, western biases
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The Pastor and His Religion
What have we here? The whole idea behind using parables is that there is some overlap between the concrete, literal meaning of the words and something beyond words indicated by the terminology. This blog is the ephemeral touch point for … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged internet, mainstream religion, ministry, mission, parish pastor, religion, spirituality, virtual parish
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Threat Assessment 4
Our primary advantage as non-activists is that we don’t touch anyone’s paycheck. If you don’t threaten the gravy train, you are background noise to most of them. That should surprise no one. We don’t promote de-funding, boycotting or divestment, much … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, religion, spirituality
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Threat Assessment 3
The existence and effects of networked communication requires us to use that medium. It remains our primary tool of communication, even when the people on the other end are geographically close. This is how people do things in our world … Continue reading
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Tagged church politics, internet, Modern Israel, networked communication, Political activism, propaganda, religion, resistance
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Fruitless Shepherding
There is no accounting for some people’s tastes. When I was a kid, a very popular rock song was “Spirit in the Sky” (YouTube link). The guy who wrote it was mocking the gospel message. However, the fellow who programmed … Continue reading
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Tagged Fruits of the Spirit, leadership, propaganda, religion, scripture, spirituality, western christianity
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Ego and Idolatry
In Scripture there is a consistent warning about a particular class of female idols, commonly referred to by variations of Asherah, Ashtarte or Ishtar, and these are related to the European Oester. Reading between the lines, we see that this … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient near east, Asherah, Ashtarte, history, marriage, moral imperatives, religion
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The Pastor Is IN
Come on in! If you subscribe to my blog, or even if you just visit once in a while, I consider you a member of my parish. Not that I’m counting noses and boasting of the numbers, but it’s in … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged christian mysticism, church, government, mysticism, religion, tribulation, western christianity, western civilization
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Certain Uncertainty
I’m unsure of where to place to blame. They thunder with obscene certainty that this or that course of action is God’s demand. While we might justly question the identity of the “God” they cite, it’s enough to note these … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, hopes and dreams, law, mysticism, prophecy, psychology, religion, scripture, spirituality, Two Realms
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