Month: December 2018
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My 2018 Reading List
One of my goals for 2018 was to read fifty books. Unfortunately, I only made it to forty nine! If I try really hard, I might be able to finish number fifty (Ellie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea) before the ball drops at midnight. We’ll see. Either way, I’m close…
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SuperSoul Question #2: “What is Your Definition of God?” (Part two, of an eight-part series of posts, based on interview questions Oprah typically asks on her SuperSoul Conversations Podcast.)
My favorite word is “ineffable,” especially as it relates to understanding God. Some thing “ineffable” is beyond the capacity of words to explain, an image to convey, or the mind to comprehend. The ineffable is a mystery beyond explanation or rationalization. The ineffable is simply too far beyond a human’s…
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SuperSoul Question #1: “What is the Soul?” (Part one, of an eight-part series of posts, based on interview questions Oprah typically asks on her SuperSoul Conversations Podcast.)
I understand the soul to be my deepest, truest self. My soul is the core and center of who I am, and always have been, and always will be. My soul is not separate from any other aspect of who I am, but is not limited to my physical, material…
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Worshipping Ashes
I just want to be faithful. I want to do the right things, for God, for the right reasons. Increasingly, I want my ministry to be less about me, and MUCH more about God. While I haven’t given up on anything I believe makes a ministry healthy and thriving, I…
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Exploring Shadows
Some of my recent study, for personal growth and development, has been around the idea of the “shadow.” Psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Karl Jung believed every person has a “shadow-side,” where key aspects of an individual’s personality are consciously and unconsciously concealed. Proponents of this philosophy teach that we…
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