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Where the easy road falls away, a choice lies. Lord help me, at this crossroads I’ve stood too many times. Or maybe “too many” is actually the heaping blessing. A privilege to favored son, not scraps for a slave. Now comes to it: I can choose this as misfortune or an eclipse that allows You in contrast…

I had a vision of a doe. I was at Camp Deerpark walking in the autumn dusk. A doe walked up to me and I knew: she was sent to us because we were in need of meat and God had showed her how to spend her life for us. She laid her head against my chest….

We look for you and did not find you,We cried out to you and you did not hear.You sent messages when we asked for the Messenger,Cool water when we prayed for fire.Your watchers looked but did not see me,Because they looked for a Lamb and I came as a Lion,A child but I came as an Everlasting…

Although this Prayer-Poem was authored recently, it summarizes a series of visions and prophetic words received months prior to the Triple-Crisis of COVID-19, unrest around the 2020 election, and the social justice reckoning around the killing of George Floyd. The Prophetess and I, in Fall before The Fall,Inner-eye seeing what landscape Spirit knows,Saw Three Things to be…

Written in anticipation of meeting George Bergen and his collaborators in Leamington. A Northstar showing the way to great powers,Not bright single glory, but from constellation.Stars upon stars: burning hearts, bodies shining.Who among them forever? The Morning Star!Mages far-gathering, come bearing treasures,Not gifts of men, but from the Father of Lights.Guardians and wardens of portal to promise,Received…

Written for Clara Cheek, my paternal grandmother. Clara, Grandma, was home for me in a special way. My mom was many amazing things, but no one would use the word “warm” to describe her. She made a home like a mission outpost. But Grandma made a home that, to the childhood me, was like a story-book cottage…

Written on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the baptisms in Zurich of some early founders of The Radical Reformation. The first portions of this where developed from prayer work done at The Invitation event in partnership with Ronn DeLemos and Eli Sapp. Why would you pine for the past,Wallow in the immediacy of flesh, Or…

Lately my family and community have been talking a lot about shame and should. I define shame as a deep worthlessness because of one’s lack of power. This is differnet from guilt which is deep worthlessness because of power wrongly applied. For example, you use powerful words with someone you love and feel guilt because you see…

Written while praying for friends in the Radical Reformation on the morning of Summer solstice 2024. You who were called to till ground until it was goodHave become lost in the weeds yourselvesAlways slaves to the compromise you madeIn betrayal of my mission.Look among you!Where are the Sons of Issachar?Has not Zebulun acted as Cain?This is why…

I’ve been working with grassroots community development for a while (like 25+ years). While it’s been a life-passion, it has also been my greatest challenge. One of the hardest things is navigating the first group transition (called Commitment on The Journey Map): Will we move from talking about the reality we want to actually creating it? There…

After hearing a lot of chatter about the ChatGPT language model, I decided to try it out. To give it a real work out, I decided to talk to it about a pretty technical field I like to work in: systems thinking, specifically the field of philosophical cybernetics using the Semantic Ontology Framework. After it totally nailed…

One of our biggest initiatives coming into this year has to do with children and youth. We really feel that the timing is right to develop Missional Community for and among children. Partly, this has to do with the rate and complexity with which young people are encountering challenges in their lives. Like Harry Potter, the real…