Geoffrey Holsclaw
Why are human infants so helpless compared to other mammal? Is it because of our big brains? Kind of yes. And the reasons are essential for thinking about discipleship. I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (I’ll be going through one lesson a week building up […]
Discipleship in the West is Broken. More INFORMATION doesn’t mean we have more KNOWLEDGE. And more knowledge doesn’t mean we have grown in WISDOM. Too many Christians in the West think that information leads to wisdom. But it doesn’t work that way. We have TOO MANY Christians reveling in their information and knowledge (about the […]
Following Jesus isn’t complicated. But that doesn’t mean it is easy. Some want to make Jesus complicate so that they don’t really have follow him closely. It’s an excuse for not really wanting to do the hard work of following Jesus. Others want to make following Jesus easy because they want to pretend that life […]
Ancient wisdom and the received science says we have three brains. But we don’t. So says Lisa Feldman Barrett. Or do we? This is what we are talking about as we continue with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (I’ll be going through one lesson a week building up to the launch […]
Sometimes God works fast in my life. Sometimes slow. Sometimes God works like fire. Sometimes like a mountain. Sometimes like an ocean. Like a Fire Growing up in California I knew all about forest fires—like the ones that blazed last summer. They would come fast and furious, overwhelming whatever was before them, consuming everything. Sometimes […]
Should conservative Christianity be charged as partially responsible for inciting violence in the past Capitol Assault and possibly in the near future at Biden’s inauguration? Arrests are still being made as responsibility is being assessed for the destruction and death on January 6th. Should Conservative American Christianity be added to the list? How do we […]
Learning to be yourself while still engaging with others is hard word. Acting like myself at all times, in all situations, with all kinds of people is hard work. Absorbed or Against Sometimes we are ABSORBED by others and their interests, desires, power, or fantasies. Maybe we are defeated. Maybe we just defer to others […]