Why Would Jesus Do What He Would Do
Chaplain Mike is going Dallas Willard’s book on spiritual formation and draws out a really great question. As Dallas Willard so helpfully reminds us, the question “What would Jesus do?” is not enough. Instead, we must be driven beyond that query to ask, “Why would Jesus do what he would do?” and, “How can I live and walk in relationship …
The Problem Isn’t Divorce
So I’m having lunch with a good friend of mine, talking about all things relational. And the topic of divorce came up. I lamented that the problem isn’t necessarily solved by one’s faith, and that the divorce numbers are just as high in religious circles as outside of it. Which says to me the problem isn’t one of morality. Just …
Hard Wired For Connection
What if philosophers got it wrong? What if the basic notion that we are hard-wired for narcissism and self-interest is not as true our our forefathers adamantly ascribed? I’m deep into The Empathic Civilization, a profound work of human understanding. Jeremy Rifkin suggests that science is now calling into question just about all of our pre-existing notions of human enlightenment …
Our Relationship To Fear
[RSS - See Embedded Video] How much of our fear is self-generated but untrue? This TED video is presents journalist David McCandless who create infographics to understand the meaning of our data. When we present data in relationship to other data it gives it a deeper meaning and helps us understand it better. But at 3:10 he begins to present …
Enjoying God’s Reality
[RSS - See Embedded Video] If you haven’t seen the double rainbow guy, you need to. This guy captures a moment on video that is priceless. The original video blew up to 11 million hits and was featured on the Huffington Post. On Huffington, it was shared over 12,000 times and tweeted over 6,000 times. He’s in Yosemite and sees …
A Quest For Understanding Ourselves
Why do we search for God? It’s an intriguing question and one that I have spent way too much time pondering and wrestling with. The word theology, broken down can mean God logic. We’re trying to understand who God is because if we are created in God’s image, the purpose of our search is to inform ourselves of our own …
A Mother’s Dilemma Regarding Hell
What do you say to an angry mom who asks, “How could a loving God send my children to hell?” I’m not a mom but I’ve asked this question myself. A few days ago I posted a link on Twitter about a friend who is wrestling with the concept of hell. The link stirred up all kinds of emotions from …
An Empathic Civilization
Prepare to geek out for about 10 minutes. ;-P This is a video by author Jeremy Rifkin and explores the idea of empathy. He makes the assertion, based on neuroscience that we are soft-wired with something called mirror neurons. Mirror neurons allow us to construct a sense of empathy by recreating in our own brain what we see someone else …
Gameshow Relationships
Contrary to public opinion, I think the Bachelor and the Bachelorette are important shows. Seriously? You ask. This post started because my friend Kate Murray shared her thoughts on the show. She said: Last night I watched the Bachelorette. I never watch the Bachelorette. I don’t know what got into me, but I sat on the couch, for two hours, …
Seeing A Child Of God
When you look into a mirror do you see a child of God called very good? One of the critical distinctions I make in my book, Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity, is that the problem God is solving in the mission of God is our capacity to lose site of how God sees us. The problem …
