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“I’m so sick of RHE…”
File it under “what happens when you get what you want only to realize it wasn’t all that you hoped it would be.”
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When You Don’t Fit In At Church
Yep, She nails it here. Every day, all over the world, misfits gather and find love. That’s been my experience too.
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Rev. Naked on Rev. Steepaks
Why he wouldn’t go to his church.
- Shame
- Scapegoating
- Bad Modeling
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The Frustrating Refuge for Fearful Hearts
Not Useless
We are a utilitarian society. We value people based on what we value that they can “produce”. The aged and dying are considered useless, perhaps maintained if sufficient funds are available to afford the sentiment value.
The account of Jacob’s death stands in stark contrast to our valuation. What Jacob is about to dispense is considered of extreme value and considerable potency to shape events beyond his death.
Rerun
You can’t read the scene of Jacob blessing the sons of Joseph without remembering the scene of Isaac blessing the sons of Rebekah. You have one blind, blessing-pregnant patriarch, two unequally born sons, and one parent who is has an idea of how it should go.
Rebekah famously connived to deceive her husband so as to dispense the greater blessing upon the younger twin. Birth canals don’t afford ties. Isaac blesses the wrong son, but by virtue of the prophesy spoken to the pregnant Rebekah it was the right son, and the story unfolded. Both sons would become nations, but one would be more special than the other, because when everyone is special, no one is special. Continue reading
A Guide for Miracles
And he has an explanation of why there are so few miracles: “groups of believers frequently figure out how do to supernatural ministry, but they have a hard time figuring out how to live with the ministry. Revivals come with great exhilaration and fruitfulness; downturns come when people tire of the level of weirdness, vulnerability and sacrifice that supernatural ministry demands” (26).
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The Mood Economy
From the Boston Globe, interview with Jennifer Silva.
I was trying to get at this idea that milestones are no longer these shared common or recognizable rituals, like getting married in a church in front of your friends or getting a degree in front of an audience at a graduation. Instead, milestones—basically out of necessity, because the external milestones are not achievable—have become much more internal….It’s more about telling a story of suffering or emotional turmoil, whether in the family or through relationships or struggling with an illness, and sort of recognizing you have a problem and saying, “OK, maybe I can’t control my past, but I’m going to become a better person.”…This was a huge shock to me. I didn’t expect to hear these kinds of stories at all.
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SBNR: Spiritual But Not Religious
First I’ve seen that acronym. Anyway this piece on Lillian Daniel.
Hmm. Have you reached the point of being dismissive when you give someone an acronym? 🙂
This one is shaping up to be the meme of the fortnight. Millennials are out, SBNR are in! 🙂
Let the link responses follow:
The graphic on Rev. Naked’s post is worth the click all by itself!
Rev. Naked’s piece is terrific. Should read it too!
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