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Reality Anemia
One of the questions I’ve been trying to understand is our personal inertia. Why do we get stuck in life. On the one hand (or dot), we have gifted identities and dreams and on the other, we have a huge world of need (the other, rather large dot). And yet, we often stand in the middle, fairly paralyzed and unable to move forward and connect these dots. We become passive or else actively engaged in massive wastes of time.
These questions kinda simmer in the back of my overly active mind (I take an hour to fall asleep) until God or man drops a pearl (a beautiful dot) into the picture. Today’s gem came from George Trow who once said that the generation raised on TV (and in my opinion, the net) suffers from Reality Anemia, an experiential and moral bloodlessness.
read more...Lessons from a Buddhist
Watching a presentation by Eva Ensler today, I saw from a Buddhist what we are so sadly missing in our Christian sub culture and the cult of self.
read more...Sex on the Set
I just wrote my son Jordan (on a film set in Namibia) about a close friend who had recently had sex at the wrong time, with the wrong person, for the wrong reasons. On reflecting on this, I wanted to write both of them about my father’s heart on the issue. I thought I would share the letter with you too.
With love from a father.
read more...What is Hip part 2 (The Profe$$ionals)
Ever noticed that most of the advice, preaching and education we get is from professional sources? This means that most of the key influences of our lives, the stuff that effects our soul, mind and hearts, comes to us by way of people who are paid to ‘minister’ to us. A professional is: def: [engaged in a specified activity as one’s main paid occupation rather than as a pastime]. Hmmm. I wonder if that effects what they tell us and why?
read more...What is hip?
Seems to me that the books that sell the most, workshops best attended and people most talked about are of the ‘self help’ genre. John and Stasi Eldredge talk about improving your masculine and feminine self. Rick Warren helps you understand your SPACE and purpose. Dr. Bruce Wilkinson teaches you how you can be more blessed and fulfill your dreams. Good ideas no?
read more...Social Entreprenuers
Up until fairly recently, I had almost given up hope on the present generation making much of an impact on the world around us. The rampant consumerism, a hyper focus on self and the sheer dysfunction left to them by the previous generation led me to believe it was time to start talking to preschoolers in hopes that they may have a clue.
read more...Life After YWAM
Last week I was asked to do some debriefing for 28 people who have just finished their time with YWAM and are now heading back to the real world. We talked about how to understand what happened and Plant it in the sjort term via the next place they were going. The second area was Growing through developing your identity over the medium term. Finally, we discussed how to Bear fruit that will remain into the next generation.
I recorded the sessions and afterwards one of the staff members mentioned to me that it was the best debriefing session he had ever been in. Taking the encouragement, I thought I would make it available to a larger audience and have created a page called Life After YWAM.
Please share this with people you know who have been through YWAM and may need a little encouragement in this difficult transition.
read more...Everyday Beauty
Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s not be marginalized by the priestcraft of the arts. Let’s apply the perspective we have with the care we can give to the tasks we face each day. In this way, we love our neighbor by designing a better car seat, laying out a nice table of food, or creating a better frappe. I for example, have mastered the espresso double dark chocolate mint frappucino for the simple joy of making my guests gasp with excitement.
Home Schooling in Germany
Some friends of ours in Altensteig have recently been getting fines from the government. Not paying the speeding tickets you ask? Nope, just that they want to home school there kids like we did for nine years while living there.
I recently sent an open letter on there behalf to the Member of Parliment and thought I would share it here.
read more...What if you got to be you?
What if you got to do whatever you wanted to. What would that be? For instance, if you had the money and time and people to do whatever you wanted to, what would you start doing tomorrow and what would you stop doing tomorrow?
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