๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐โฆ
What if itโs dangerous?
Tomorrow I explore why Resurrection is the most disruptive idea in Christianity.
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One of the hardest questions in faith isnโt:
โWhy do people do bad things?โ
Itโs this:
Why do entire systems quietly produce harmโฆ while good people participate in them?
The Bible is whole lot easier to weaponize when youโve never been taught how to wrestle with it.
๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.
The interesting question is whatโs hiding underneath that answer.
The weekly ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด are ready for you.
๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
They reveal what kind of world weโve built.
A lot of us have beautiful explanations for our lives.
The deeper question is whether theyโre actually true.
This week's ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด are not live.
What if the worst forms of sin donโt look like evilโฆ
but simply look like everyday life?
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ?
Here's the problem with that...
When the suffering of entire groups is normalized for the benefit of others, justice starts sounding โpoliticalโ simply because it's exposing the truth.
Sometimes the most dangerous things in a society arenโt the things everyone condemns.
Theyโre the things everyone accepts.
Sometimes faith grows quieter not because it is dying, but because it is maturing.
๐ผ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐.
Far fewer know whatโs actually driving them.
This week's ๐ฃ-๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is live!
Your morning routine may be shaping your soul more than your theology.
Let's take a look at that together in this 1-hour online mini-retreat on Tuesday.
If your experience with Christian community has been a mixed bag, but you ultimately had to walk away...
You can be still be grateful for what was good in your former church without lying about what it cost you.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐โฆ
but in the emptiness of silence?
Tomorrowโs Christianity may need a very different kind of Easter faith than the one we inherited.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐,
the less interested you become in winning arguments.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ?
What if it is not about molding the world into what you want it to be?
What if instead...
Itโs consenting to reality with your eyes wide open?
That's where I'm at. What about you?
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐โฆ
has more to do with resurrection than you think?
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ.
But questioning isnโt betrayal.
Itโs what happens when honesty finally outruns fear.
A lot of people feel religious guilt.
Sometimes, I think it's a good idea to do a check in and ask...
How much of it is really about violating expectations you were trained not to question?
๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ "๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก", ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ.
Too often, the label "biblical" reveals a decision to protect...
-abuse
-domination
-marginalization
That's not fidelity.
That's imperial exercise of power.
That's twisting a most illuminating truth into the darkest of all lies.
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ "๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐?"
That's an important question, but not the most important.
The real question people should be asking is...
โDoes it make you more human?โ
What if โprayerโ isnโt something you doโฆbut something youโre already doing with your attention?
What, then, does the first prayer of your day look like?
Letโs explore that together at an online mini-retreat Tuesday, March 10th.
What if โprayerโ isnโt something you doโฆbut something youโre already doing with your attention?
What, then, does the first prayer of your day look like?
Letโs explore that together at an online mini-retreat Tuesday, March 10th.
What if the real question isnโt โDid you leave your church?โ or "Are you going to leave?"
Maybe it's "How have you been distancing yourself?" and "What has that done to you?"
This week's Spiritual Reflection Questions are ready for you!
๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฝ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ง,
itโs become irrelevant information to your life.
If you grew up hearing you were brokenโฆ
this conversation might reframe more than you expect.
๐ฟ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐? ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ? ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ?
You might like this reframing.
This week I go after the root issue beneath the word โsin.โ
๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐จ.
He reveals what following the way of empire does to people.
And then calls for repentance.
๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐.
Thatโs not a problem.
Thatโs the point.
๐ผ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ โ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐โ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎโ๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐.
But the real turning point often comes after the exit.
This week's ๐ค-๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is live!
