How intuition makes sense

When we begin to look through rather than at the gathering clues, we begin to see possible wholes and purposes. Then integrative capacity reaches Aha!

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Informant

• “The Logic of Tacit Inference” in Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi edited by Marjorie Grene

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Reality is not as tidy as scientism claims

Knowing is an alternating, meaning-seeking cycle of analyzing wholes into details and integrating details into wholes. There are always more details than we can tell.

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Informants

• “The Two Cultures” in Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi edited by Marjorie Grene
• “Knowing and Being” in Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi edited by Marjorie Grene

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Morality, driven upside down

When passion for humanity detaches from externally-existent values, the perspective of the one --whether person or people --is forcefully posited as the perspective of all.

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Informants

• “Beyond Nihilism” in Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi edited by Marjorie Grene
• “The Message of the Hungarian Revolution” in Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi edited by Marjorie Grene

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Robb Wolf's book is getting closer and closer...

I've pre-ordered mine. Have you?
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The deep humanness of groping for truth

We must move on from the insufficient notion of explicit objectivity: reality is not so tidy. There is much we know that cannot be spoken.

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Informant

• Knowing and Being: Essays by Michael Polanyi, Introduction by Marjorie Grene

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Discovering reality in gathered hints

Belief sees what could be, swirling in indistinguishable bits and perceptions, hovering beneath the surface. Wonder drives imagination forward in the hunt until reality focuses.

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Informant

• The Way of Discovery: An Introduction to the Thought of Michael Polanyi, Chs 4-6

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Surfing the edges of awareness

The clues that lead to discovery fly about in our soul’s peripheral vision. Those who pay attention and integrate the clues into wholes make discoveries.

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Informant

• The Way of Discovery: An Introduction to the Thought of Michael Polanyi,Chapters 2 and 3

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When you look at nature, what does it mean?

From flowers

When we look at the universe-- the whole of it and its details --perceiving with our senses directly and through tools, our assumptions determine meaning.

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Informants

• Genesis 1
• John 1
• Psalm 19
• Psalm 8
• Job 38-40

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Thinking should be worship

Since Jesus is sovereign over all and all truth is God’s truth, all branches of knowledge are worthy of contemplation, resulting in worship of Jesus.

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Informants

• Vacation in Arrowhead
• Reading Polanyi
• Pondering Integrative Christian Thought

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Mountain Walking - 8/21

A bit over 7 miles in a bit over 2 hours.  Lots of beauty along the way

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If Jesus is God, what do the details of Evolution mean? [Weekend Q]

If the universe is not mechanistic, but is rather created and upheld by a personal, sovereign divinity, what do the data show?

What say you?

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Admitting we’re a society of explorers

Answers are useful, but mystery drives us. Intuition grasps apparently unseen clues, commitment points to possibility, and mystery slowly transforms into wonder. Or it doesn’t.

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Informant

• The Way of Discovery: An Introduction to the Thought of Michael Polanyi, Introduction and Ch 1

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Mountain Walking - 8/19

View Sunset-Hemlock-Sunset-Palisades in a larger map

2.5 miles in 45 minutes, even with a few stops for pictures!

From flowers

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Does intuition + imagination = knowledge?

We assume our perceptions are correct, controlled. But what if they are skewed by presumption and are running amok beneath the surface of our souls?

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Informant

• The Role of Imagination in Integrative Knowledge: A Polanyian View, by Un-chol Shin [pdf]

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Life’s “So What?”

trust tends
surprising turns

core transforming darkness to light
kindness leaks with unplanned impact

act!
flexible
strong

stand up!
detractors shocked

do truth!
lies faced

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Informants

• Your Life Will Make An Impact When…
• Random word: scold
• Random word: accidentally

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Mountain Walking - 8/17

View Palisades down John Muir up Sunset in a larger map

Hill near the end of this morning's walk...I had to stop once. :-(

1.2 miles in ~33 minutes.  Tomorrow, more distance!

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And rejectors bear responsibility

preciousness
arrogantly rejected
who judges all

revealed truth trips
and rejected more still

rejectors finally surprised:
rejected One decides

knowers are known
rejectors are rejected

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 YLT

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We shall never cease to be amazed

self-revealed
writing God
trusted

surprising One measures
the promise
fully approved
and proven

trust
bringing verified certainty

worthy object
relied upon

inherent goodness
ever clearer

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 YLT

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We are a place of worship

this living edifice
offering
place and space
knowing him
and them

built to Life’s criteria
this our essence
in him:
our Chief Priest
and Cornerstone

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 YLT

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"Green Eggs and Ham" Turns 50

With its 50-word vocabulary and out of the box breakfast, Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham was an essential part of my childhood.

Happy Birthday!



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Service along the way

happy abundance
recognized
despite life’s stumbles
so common

joining whomever
shoulder-to-shoulder

sharing whatever
needs
too soon hidden

acting by wisdom
sensitive
flexing

whenever needs arise

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Informants

• Acts 6:1-7 
• Problems While Serving Christ Together?

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And knowing where he came from and where he was going

despite sure rejection
he comes
so much more
that a cog in the works

ultimate acceptance certain
coming then and again
dynamic Lord
temple’s center

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 YLT

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In him, we become we

disconnected masses
wandering amidst their own devices

deep kindness intervenes
a gift paid by blood

peopled by the Sovereign
we
drawn by mercy
made whole

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Informant
1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV
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Bragging on the One who must be told

a people bragging on him:
deliverer
healer

offerers of truth
for him

structured
for his purpose

clarifying reality
standing as his own
being made whole

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV

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Grass-Fed Rib Eye with Pickapeppa and Wright's Liquid Smoke

Pan-searing in butter

From what I'm eating

Enjoyed with a reduction of pan juices with Pickapeppa Sauce and Wright's All natural Hickory Seasoning Liquid Smoke

From what I'm eating

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Question: What’s the point of general education?

Anyone who have gone to college took General Education. Honestly, we have forgotten most of it.

What are we supposed to do with it now?

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Informants

• General Education
• Creation Theology
• Logos Theology

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If we’re deemed excessive, should we care?

evident power draws
unavoidable decision

rejectors withstood
despite their emotional vehemence

blunt deliverance
yanks from fire
by one name:

our solitary proclamation
radical obedience proves

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Informant

• Why Never Quit? Because God is Unstoppable
• random words: flop & effusively

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Towards defining a way of understanding

ICT: Making sense of life and truth in accordance with the subordination of all things to Jesus, for the purpose of logical and practical wisdom.

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The stone allows no neutral position

identity that forces a decision
exposing depths

human responsibility slams sovereign will
and loses

blaming him
stumblers deny
choices made

path set long ago
fulfilled

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV

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Making sense of the vast array

• Truth is necessarily Christ-centered.
• Proper knowledge is connected and comprehensive.
• Proper knowing is creative, critical, and collaborative.

Logical Basis: Assumptions under a theory of everything

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Informants

• Enduring understandings and big ideas for Integrative Christian Thought

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He’s not who they thought

for trusters
the stone is life
love

together and alone
centered
founded

for rejecters
truth returns to judge

One considered unusable
becomes measure of all

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV

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What if reality is mostly mystery?

The mysteries of God’s triune being, of our own bearing of God’s image, and of our simultaneous creatureliness, requires full attention of soul and will.

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Informants

• “The Holy Trinity” by J. Kenneth Grider in Basic Christian Doctrines edited by Carl F. H. Henry
• “Creation” by Harold B. Kuhn in Basic Christian Doctrines edited by Carl F. H. Henry
• “The Origin and Nature of Man: Imago Dei” by John H. Gerstner in Basic Christian Doctrines edited by Carl F. H. Henry

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He is our end and measure

revealed truth requiring trust:
sufficient basis

building on this trusted One
our true selves
becoming like this precious One

truly human
imaging the sovereign
alive

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10 ESV

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Sage and Fennel Venison+Pork Sausage

From what I'm eating

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground venison
• 0.5 lb ground pork
• about 20 fresh sage leaves
• 1 T fennel seeds, rough grind (more if you really like fennel: which I do = should have put in more)

Mix ingredients and let sit at room temperature to allow the flavors to combine.  Make five patties and fry in butter, 3-4 minutes each side.

I enjoyed one for breakfast this morning, along with Brussels sprouts and half a sweet potato.

From what I'm eating

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Fuzzying up the boundaries of knowledge

According to Boyer, integration begins with research at the edges of a discipline and then reaches across to make its place in the intellectual landscape.

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Informant

• Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, by Ernest L. Boyer

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Knowing him, we transform

transforming
in nature and purpose
offering joy
and sorrow

clean by his sacrifice
a people

built to intercede
with gifts of honest worship
boldly given

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Informant

• 1 Peter 2:4-10

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