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Attachment Neuroscience Recent Posts

Technically right, but relationally wrong

Being “technically right” is only half of what is going on.It is only half of what counts as what “really happened”.

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Love

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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Attachment

When Attachment Strategies Become Our Identities

The tragedy for many of us is that our childhood survival strategies become subjective identities to be protected

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Attachment Bible devotional Love Recent Posts

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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Attachment Love Recent Posts

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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discipleship Love Recent Posts theology

While We Were Weak: or, Unsystematic Thought’s on God’s Love #2

God’s demonstration of love: “While we were still weak…Christ died for the ungodly” (Rom. 5: 6).  The character of love is revealed in the midst of weakness.  • False love—as narcissism—preys on weakness rather than protecting it.  • False love—as self-loathing—points out weakness rather than providing for it. • False love—as fear—hides from weakness rather than […]

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Attachment Love Recent Posts theology

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 […]

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Weekly Sounding: Do men and women read the Bible differently?

Just want to say thank you to everyone who helped fund the new podcast. It IS ALREADY FUNDED, and we have two days to go. YES! Any addition funds that come in will got equipment, maintenance costs, and subscriptions fees that will make it even easy to produce and sustain a high quality podcast. Sounding: Do men and women read the […]