Assumptions under a theory of everything

• The Logos is the Sovereign Creator and the Ultimate End.
• Humanity is the bearer of the imago Dei.
• Christ, the Logos, is the only Savior.

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Informants

• Integrative thought
• Christian thought

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Dinner: Steak and Onions

From what I'm eating

Chuck steak, pan seared in Kerrygold butter and served with yellow onion, sauteed in the drippings and deglazed with a touch of ouzo.

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Teaching is not a head dump

From Drop Box

Students have a place to be and things to do. They may not know where or what; we’re outfitting the training them for the journey.

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Informants

• Understanding by Design
  
• passenger loading sign at Norwalk Station

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The lies we grasp

un-pryed fingers
broken
refusing to open

practicing trumped-up stories
truth hides

heart’s wants supersede all
true pleasure hides
choosing to watch our feet:

Look Up!

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Informants

• Fake vs. Genuine--Which are You?
• Random Word--cling: to hold fast or adhere to something
• Random Word--influentially: done in a manner of having power to sway or affect

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Bacon-wrapped Chicken Legs

For lunches this week, I wrapped some skinned chicken legs in thick-cut bacon and roasted them to yummy succulence. Here, they're served with butter poached Brussels sprouts.

From what I'm eating

The chicken skin did not go to waste: I soaked it in brine for a bit and then deep fried it in evoo to make chicken cracklins.  Darn yummy.

From what I'm eating

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And knowing where he came from

our love does not care
about broad acceptability

his Father’s love
firmly upon him

rejected key to this
flesh-and-soul temple
worth beyond their comprehension
standing

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV

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Everything comes back to Jesus

forever
existence and rule
owned by him

exercised in service
and sovereignty

not created
not creation
wholly prior

all by his power
creation is one

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 CJB

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More mysterious than imagined

Foundational to everything is the relational Trinity, one of whom is only recently corporeal. Everything is a teleological, complex system, centered on the Sovereign Christ.

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Informants

• The Christian View of God and the World, by James Orr
• Industrial Dynamics by Jay Wright Forrester
• My seat-of-the-pants critique of the material assumptions underlying Philosophy in the Flesh, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

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His purpose, from start to end

he spoke the here and there
material and immaterial
hierarchies
hidden or exposed

all expressed for joy
known by him
freedom now
and justice later

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 CJB

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In your face authenticity is difficult

We are supposed to attest one thing--through ideas, emotions, behaviors--one thing only: Jesus. Reality is, we are distracted by self and world.

So, what now?

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Without him was not anything made

human
but not merely
every act is God’s

bold and humble
enthroned over creation

the speaker of worlds
walking in our dust
now seated ruler

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 CJS

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Fostering educated learners

Learning doesn’t stop when facts are installed. In reality, it does not start there. Learning starts with seeing reality, distinctions, and connections. Learning comprehends ideas.

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Informant

Ch16: The task of initiating a work of self-reformation

Ch17: Alma mater: A life of learning

Ch18: The idea of the university in scholarly literature

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Becoming the changer who changes

Tradition and revolution, preservation and transformation, are nurtured by ideas, deeply pondered, critically understood, and wisely implemented. Imbalance brings distortion. Utilitarianism brings neglect. Both fail.

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Informants

Ch14: The university as the ground promise in the future

Ch15: The university and the spread of revolutionary doctrines

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Don’t let the Biola bubble be an excuse

Though we seem to be under a bubble, we are not. We exist in a town, in a country, in our world. We have responsibilities.

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Informant

Chapter 13: Duties to Society

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And he emptied himself

wholly other from all
yet connected by creation and rule
his continuing will upholds

weightiness only imagined
power only glimpsed

being beyond time
within time

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 YLT

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Choosing to balance incompleteness and sufficiency

Sometimes, we must decide the work is sufficient and stop. Completion need not be perfection--at least not now.

So, I must consider: Am I done?

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Writing is Thinking Together

From the soul’s creative silence, the pondered depths must spring forth--orderly, precise, attractive--for expansion, correction, completion. Hiding within, ponderings remain useless navel gazing.

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Informant

Chapter 12: Diffusion of Knowledge Through Publishing

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So not equal and opposite

power centers
contingent
unwillingly drive his purposes

authority positions
contingent
moving toward the bowing

ruling spirits
contingent
limited

commanding beings
contingent
dreading his last command

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 YLT

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Speak, in season and out

intrinsic hunger drives
the heart
unsated until
soul-to-soul

deep relation connects
siblings
even in this place
of suffering

truth within wants
out
rejected or
heard

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Informants

• definition of “swell” increase as a result of internal pressure
• definition of “tormented” in a manner of great suffering
• What to Do When People Reject Your Witness for Christ

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Ruling son over creation

holder of the cosmos
spoke worlds

master of earth
commanded life

reflected in the obvious
power and divinity

revealed in the mysterious
we still discover

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 YLT

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Ultimate by nature and position

revealed God
enfleshed
enthroned above creation

knees
powerful, unpowerful
willing, unwilling
bend

God of mystery
the humble ruler

revealed in judgment
revealed in utter deliverance

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 ESV

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And I fell down as dead...

self-existent one
all powerful Creator

Logos
central by Father’s decree

position
inherent
bestowed
earned by obedience to blood

Almighty of Creation
the Kingdom’s glorious sovereign

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 ESV

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By this necessary one...

everything else
contingent
on this necessary one

toward his glory
planets to quarks
crafted by Word
for himself

hidden power structures
all ruled
his purposes

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 ESV

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'I Write Like" says I'm like Poe: Cool!

I write like
Edgar Allan Poe

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

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When expression is identity

God in infinite expression
inheritor of his creation
he its source and end

hidden made visible
and seated
our revealed God
other than
yet connected

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Informant

• Colossians 1:15-17 ESV

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And looking unto Jesus...

endurer of false justice
eyes on glory
then and still

yet promised
Savior
King
Father’s vindication

seeking better glory
all else fades
and passion remains

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:1-2 CJB

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Story the trust in flesh

generations of trusters
self-made hurdles
removed

with determination
just like them
run the trust
and keep running

lives
storying
continually weightless
running for his prize

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:1-2 CJB

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Making "fried" eggs in the microwave

Ingredients

• DHA-enhanced eggs
• Kerrygold butter
• Microwave-safe dish (I use a nifty fold down silicone one)
• Something to cover the dish so the food doesn’t spatter
• Microwave oven (may morph the food, I know, but it’s how I cook fresh at work...get over it)

How

1. Line the dish with butter.
2. Carefully crack the eggs into the dish: do not break the yolks, as this muffs up the nutrients.
3. Cover dish and microwave until the whites begin to solidify (for my machine, this is about one minute).
4. Using a spoon or other implement, move the cooked whites nearer to the center, taking care not to break the yolks.
5. Cover the dish and cook again until the whites are nearly completely solidified.
6. Remove and cover with a cloth to hold in the heat. This allows the eggs to continue cooking for a bit (I let mine sit about another minute, as I prefer over medium for yolk doneness).
7. Enjoy.

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Why should Christian colleges teach general education?

Integration begins when the understanding of a subject results in the wholehearted worship of Christ. An ICT* scholar is able to explain this to others.

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Informants

• *ICT: Integrative Christian Thought
• Conceiving the Christian College

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I remember Fletcher Oil Fire in Carson

I was almost eight years old when this occurred and I happened to be in South Carson at the YWCA near Avalon and Sepulveda. My brother, Bill, had come to pick me up on his bicycle. As we prepared to head home, we stood in the YWCA front yard, facing north; we heard the explosion and felt the heat on the backs of our necks. Turning around to the south, we saw a fiery mushroom cloud in the sky. As I recall, my under-spoken brother said, Let's get home. And we left. 

SOUTH BAY HISTORY: Fletcher Oil Fire in Carson - The Daily Breeze: "Carson. Investigators never could say conclusively what caused the explosion and fire at the Fletcher Oil and Refining Co. plant in Carson on March 27, 1969.

Two people, truck driver Myron Chase of Long Beach and gauge operator Steve Yancy of Torrance, died as a result of the $1 million disaster at the refinery at 24721 S. Main Street, just north of Lomita Boulevard.

More than 150 people were injured, most treated for minor injuries.

The blaze began with the explosion of a 30,000-gallon tank at 5:27 p.m. The tank's lid blew off and flew about 700 feet in the air, landing in the middle of Main Street."

Go to the Daily Breeze to read more.

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Politicians want power...I hope!

from here, the end is seen
the path is clear
focus drives action

resources marshaled to reach the prize
power wielded
and end determines means

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Informants

• definition of “power”
• definition of “purpose”

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Eyes on, walking

struggle
start-to-finish
purposed eyes

sacrifice and sovereignty

this One endured
self-protection cast down
Father and Spirit guard

death
for joy of worthy prize
now seated

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:1-2 YLT

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Reciprocal Hesed?

trust runs
keeps running this given race

watching them watching us
loyal-love evident

run free: no extra weight
choosing

fun free: competition rejected
living loyalty

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:1-2 YLT

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Follow the seeming contradiction

joy
driving toward completion
wholeness
redeemed and restored

rejection becomes honor
sacrifice and sovereignty are one

shame becomes glory
the humble one is Sovereign Creator

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:11-2 ESV

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Beef Heart and Cheddar Poutine

From what I'm eating

• French Fries from Fabulous Burgers
• Beef heart from Slankers
• Smoked Cheddar with a Paprika crust
• Midas Touch ale
• Grade B maple syrup
• KerryGold salted butter

How

1. Purchase the fries
2. Cut heart in small cubes
3. Fry heart over low heat in butter until barely pink
4. Add about a cup of the ale to make the sauce
5. Add about a tablespoon of maple syrup
6. Reduce over low heat
7. Put hot fries in a large bowl
8. Cube the cold cheese and place on hot fries
9. Pour heart and sauce over cheese and fries
10. Enjoy with no regrets--I used Canada Day as my excuse.

Note: sorry for the low quality picture: camera phone is not so good for closeups.
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Chosen, so choose

group effort
each toward him

decided trust
sourced in him
lived by him


choosing him
chooses this life


my life
our life
his life


lived

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Informant

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV

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Trying to Understand Cholesterol

Over on Who in the World Are We? (witwaw) I've been working on a mind map of cholesterol influences. I've created two versions so far and am about to create the third.

If you've researched cholesterol (whether by choice or necessity), please head over to witwaw and put any corrections or additions in the comments. Thanks!

Cholesterol Influences Map v0524 - Who in the World Are We?

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Assured does not mean lazy

connected
siblings now and then

sufficient evidence calls
lived trust proven

burdens down
pet rebellions cast aside

declared over centuries
surety supports no rebellious neglect

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Informant

• Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV

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