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The Integration of Abiding: Feeling, Thinking, Doing

All the aspects of our lives, every part of us (and all the parts within us) are integrated in this abiding in the love of Jesus

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When “Do Not Worry!” isn’t Harmful but Helpful

Jesus tells—commands us—not to worry. But this isn’t about attacking our emotions. But attaching to God. This command isn’t about changing how we feel. It’s about changing our perspective.  This command isn’t about denying our emotions. It’s about shifting how we see and what we seek. This shift comes from looking down, up, and around.  Read Luke […]

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On God’s Unique Kind of Love; or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #4

In an age when everyone has their own take on things, when in ancient times each god had their own emphasis and activity, it is striking the God would demonstrate his “own love” to us.  God had to actively demonstrate his love to us because otherwise we wouldn’t believe it, or trust it, or rely […]

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From Abstraction to Demonstration of Love; or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #1

Beginning again with God’s Love I’ve begun again to dive into God’s love—for me, for us, for everyone (and by “again” I mean perhaps for the first time as I continue to integrate the cognitive and affective aspects of life). Too often it feels that God’s love becomes an abstraction, separated from the concrete reality […]