Whether I express it here or through my work over at Abundance Reconstructed, I believe, by and large, the Western Church gets the Bible wrong. Moreover, because we misunderstand the overarching story, we end up applying the message incorrectly. Now, I do not believe there is some conspiracy …
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Transformative Soul Care: From Discipline to Devotion
How do we engage in soul care that actually works? How do we take what is in our heart, mind, personality, and history and form it in a way that fosters wholeness and vitality? While recently interviewing my dear friend, Lauren White, the topic of spiritual disciplines came up. My visceral …
Eyes Opened
“Then how were your eyes opened?” Much like, “Who sinned?” the question binds itself to one way of seeing the world. The man is transformed, but his transformation holds little sway in the crowd. Given that they soon bring the man to the religious leaders of the day, it is clear that they …
Why I Stopped Pursuing Productivity
Productivity: A measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.Oxford Dictionary It all sounds rather mechanical, right. Something that puts us in the category of human doings rather than human beings. It leads to days measured by …
Context is King
If I could pass on one word of advice to everyone who picks up the Bible, it would be, “Remember, context is king.” Another way of saying it would be, “Don’t ignore the forest for the sake of one tree ... or, quite possibly, a single leaf.” …