Love, wrapped in distinctions

love turns its face
against rebellion
toward rebels

loyal to the One
his cause
his rule

kindness
with dirty feet
walks narrowly

calling toward others

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Against danger, whether by neglect or choice

from gentle reassurance
to a grab of the neck

yanked from self-destruction
or nudged back

some having worried questions
others indulgent

danger looms
either way

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Holiness as love lived

intentional rest
in him secure
in our brother
our friend:

love
not mere duty

expecting kindness from his
intentional
sovereign
loyal love
proven:

his decision

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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In gentle bluntness to the fatigued and bored

worn out
overwhelming expectations
named

struggle
pointless

trusting rest pays

gently
firmly
carefully
bluntly

finger pointing
useless
pointless:
unpayable cost
all owe

personalize communal confession

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Informants

• Rog Hosier sermon 6/20/10: Saying it Clearly (Acts 3:11-26)
• Definition of "sick and tired"

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Coming: Lambshanks in Coconut Milk

 I've got two grass-fed lamb shanks in the slow cooker, simmering away in coconut milk, onion, ginger, turmeric, and a touch of pink salt.  Smelled great all night.

I'll post pictures and a recipe tonight next week when I start eating it for lunch.

This is a Meatsmas installment.
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Becoming whole, being his

a plea for treasured souls
face-to-face in soulful
discourse

with God
the over-all
in-you

trust:
bounded
targeted

grown in the divine-human
dance
we are built

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Poking around in personality again

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

I keep flipping between INFJ (The Sage) and INTP (The Architect).

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Sometimes, kindness must be blunt

kindness
does not trump
truth

for choice outside God's pleasure
corrupts
soul
world

the sovereign and holy
trumps
all

he is wholly other
and kind

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Sometimes love isn't sweetness

rejection
blatant and intended
named

soul
retrieved from life
corrupted by choice

kindness extended
while sovereign otherness remains
feared

choosing him determines
all other choices

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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One message, many means

some struggle
others close their minds

hearts drawn fore-and-aft
gentle truth guides

backs turned headlong
kindness is futile

end taken with present
determining the means

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Dreaming of the Institute for Integrative Christian Thought

biblical base
birthing whole followers
who

refilter truth-perspective
proved by life
making

global impact
feeding the wave
toward kingdom's attraction

well-reasoned answers
lived
and told

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Informants

• SWOT analysis of Integrative Christian Thought curriculum context (university setting, breaking tradition, needy hunger, compelling argument)
• Educational leadership key ideas (integrated, nourishing, modeling, casting vision)

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Meatsmas!

Kudos to Prib for coining the term--and thanks for putting together the order from Slanker's!

It's gonna be a good Meatsmas season. :-)

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As when the printing press changed the world

the truth is the same
expression flexes

so surf the air
thumbs blazing
visuals abound

clarity
trumps style
needs style

critical thought does not
rest

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Informants

• Education prepares us to prepare others.
• Consider generational culture.
• Respect cultural tools.
• Leverage media with care.

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Where critical thinking and multiple intelligences meet

whole-person delving
reaching

thought plays the structure
life follows the beliefs

life connects knowledge
coherence corresponds

making sense
inspecting foundations

ends and means measure
truth

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Informants

• Teaching and thinking as deep, integrative, and critical
• Elements: teach, think, do

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Can vision bring both terror and joy?

common structures
common hearts

stable truth frees ideas
honed skills leverage
joining practice and
life

passionate souls find
direction
vision meets supply

a vision shared

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Informants

• Burden for integration meets vision for an Institute
• Resources

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Dancing the creation mandate

design plots the path
themes shine light on steps
analysis and synthesis
dance

we look in
look up

creativity meets
criteria
playing rules
for beauty

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Informant

• We have a responsibility to be who we are.
• I need to figure out the monkey bars of integrative Christian thought.

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Becoming content?

desires
good
distorted:
owned

human

trust holds open
relaxed

worthy

expected
to see what he sees

sovereign

walking his journey

good

seeing his design

creator

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Informants

• Just What I Needed
• definition of "accountable" (answerable, explainable)
  

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Curriculum Development Boot Camp

I spent about five hours on Saturday working through a solo curriculum development boot camp. It was a good, introspective time--enhanced by a great location: LA's Union Station.

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Since I am his, how dare I hesitate?

growing passion
emerging focus
self-perpetuating influence
raises questions

casting aside hesitation
for this dance
the choreography of us

deep belief:
learning him
sharing his journey

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Informants

• Curriculum development Boot Camp evaluation: emerging themes, needing trust, knowing I'm his
• Curriculum development Boot Camp directions: courage, focus, students, and research

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Self-propelled, soil-enriching lawn mowers and edgers seen in Torrance

A herd of goats has arrived to clear the brush in a field on Crenshaw, just north of the train bridge (near Torrance Blvd.).

'Tis a sight!  If you're in the area, you might want to pile in the car and take it in.

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Elk Meatza

From what I'm eating

From what I'm eating

From what I'm eating

From what I'm eating

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb ground elk
• 1 T Kerrygold Butter
• 4 T Humboldt Fog goat cheese
• 8 Golden raspberries
• 10-12 sundried tomatoes in oil
• 8 cloves roasted garlic

How

1. Preheat oven.
2. Butter an 8 inch cast iron fry pan.
3. Spread the ground elk evenly in the bottom of the pan.
4. Bake at 450 F for 10 minutes, until meat is done.
5. Allow to cool.
6. Assemble the meatza.
• Spread half of the goat cheese on the cooked elk.
• Place the tomato slices in an even layer.
• Smush* the raspberries a bit and spread a layer on top of the tomatoes.
• Smush each garlic clove and place them on top of the raspberries.
• Sprinkle the remainder of the goat cheese on top.
7. Broil in oven until cheese melts.
8. Enjoy.
   

Adapted from The Healthy Cooking Coach.


* To "smush" you press the food item between finger and thumb (don't pulverize it; just smush it).

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A bit of us in every course

aiming for his view
intention shapes the journey
souls fill out the path

fingerprints obvious and
hidden
uncovering bit by bit
eyes see
this
that

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Informants

• intentional integration
• truth, purpose, and style in curriculum design

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Means and ends of teaching as worship

advance organizer frames
insightful construction of knowledge

practice develops skillfully
being begins

reality humbles
self-deceived souls join hands

calling draws
willing feet
work and dance

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Informants

• knowing, being, loving, and acting as necessary goals
• preparation, action, reflection, and celebration as necessary activities

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Maturity chosen by practice

ears measure input
deciding good

experience flows
sharing wisdom:
community matures

growth chooses this from that
recognizing him

tools develop
honed by use
grasping complexity

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Informant

• Hebrews 5:11-14

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A journey requires from here to there

destination clarified
contingency plans in hand

one eye on trajectory
the other on our steps
finding ourselves here
not there

measuring miles beneath
our feet

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Informant

• Characteristics for good learning and the implications for curriculum design and development

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Dancing toward this new-old thing

intentions kept nimble
risk within safety

knowledge beyond givens
modeled lifelong
track record
speaking volumes

teacher learns
learners teach
soul-to-soul changes
now-to-when

life takes time

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Informant

• What is curriculum?

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Free life is personal

this place, this person
utterly safe
yet we falter

still, he calls
to assured life

kindness given free
paid by friend, master
who is life

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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Alone and together toward him

love requires responsibility
trust shapes
mind and life
partnering with the Spirit

relationship requires communication
trust shared among us
and toward him
intimate and mutual

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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His real, good work fits

shared mastery from the master
cares become fire
for his good ends

for this work
we were made
life, not struggle
true life
not false

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Informant

• Jude 20-23

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In him, the struggle is rest

work is inherent
but only his work works
only his work fits

knowledge is necessary
he knows knowledge and knower
soul-to-soul
mind, will, and emotion

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Informants

• Matthew 11:28-30

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In him, the work brings rest and healing

tired feet from the trudging journey
come

wounded sore
from weight you cannot bear

walk with me
rest in my strength
healed by my wounds

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Informants

• Matthew 11:28-30

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