The Triple Crisis
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…
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Ideas, thoughts, resources, and stubs (ideas in development).
Ontario Peninsula
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…
Eulogy for Clara
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…
The Radical Now
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…
Transforming “SHOULD”
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…
Take Heed
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…
Launching the Dojo
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.…
ChatGPT Gets SOF Concepts Better Than My Friends
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…
Matt Markins: Making Child Disciples in a Secular Culture
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…
The 4 S’s of Showing Up
I’m doing a lot of research right now into being present in parenting, specifically as a way of practicing the Presence of God. My wife…