Christians Can Use Tarot: A Case for Biblical Symbols & Spiritual Formation
“It seems as if the set of pictures in the Tarot cards were distantly descended from the archetypes of transformation, a view that has been confirmed for me in a…
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Church Without Walls: A Living Concept
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Architecture of Surrender: Neurogenesis, Recovery, & the Science of Change (pt. 1)
“We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only…
On Intelligence
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is…
I Couldn’t Fix Myself
“God creates out of nothing. Wonderful, you say. Yes, to be sure, but He does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.” — Søren Kierkegaard It…
Recovery, Sweat Lodges, & Preparing for Step 4 Again
Do you believe in change? And, before you answer that, do you still pray? Recently, it’s been another Pauleene pedantic processing season. You’d think this idea that we can arrive…
What Really Matters: Red Letter Commandments We Missed
“The ‘vampire Christian’ is one who wants a little of Christ’s blood for their sins but doesn’t want any of His life for their life.” — Dallas Willard There’s a…
Demythologizing Addiction: A Recovering Pastor’s Map Through the Wreckage
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” — Luke 5:31-32 In AA, we like…
“Am I Safe?” — From PTSD to Providence in “I AM”
“Once we know that the entire physical world around us, all of creation, is both the hiding place and the revelation place for God, this world becomes home, safe, enchanted,…
The War Inside:Psalm 35, Music,& Praising In Pain
David stood as an iconic priest-king archetype, something of a hierophant, a figure who mediated the Divine on behalf of the people. Before all of that, he was first a…
