“Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.” 

1 John 4:7-21 (everyone who loves is born of God and knows God)

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Mark 9:38-41 (we saw someone casting out demons in your name)

"Men cannot see their reflections in running water, but only in still water."

Psalm 46:10 (be still, and know that I am God)

"There's a saviour born every day in the valley of your soul."

"Could I really be this thirsty if there weren't something more?"

I'm posting this on the Friday before a national holiday in the United States, thinking about "casual Friday" vibes. Perhaps a day like this might start with a team-building meeting, where one leader in the organization takes a turn sharing his story with everyone -- or everyone not taking vacation -- with the intent to drive commitment to our values and maybe answer questions from the room. 

"Christ is my center but ... my boundaries are permeable."

Matthew 28:16-20 (The phrase “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” might lead to many understandings of the word “nations” for Biblical times and today, but “Go” seems absolutely unambiguous)

#IC 128: Proud to Know You (9/2/13)

Walk The Earth 11 (3/27/14)

#IC 85: What It Means to Worship (4/2/12)

Kimberly Knight on Patheos, 2012-2017

Spotify page for Inappropriate Conversations, Walk The Earth, Film Year podcasts

“If it is an error for some Christians to make relative what God has made absolute, it is equally an error to make absolute what God has left relative."

John 20:1-18 (“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him”)

#IC 72: Truth or Consequences for Christians (10/26/11)

Os Guinness - Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It

"Consequences. Do we still believe in consequences? No matter; they still believe in us."

Mark 15:25-47 (Darkness at noon, torn curtain in the temple, stone blockade)

#IC 23: Laws of Motion (8/7/10)

Sir Issac Newton

IC_Greg - "Laws Of Motion"

"Often, when someone dies, we feel a combination of love and something else, and this, too, is holy. And entirely human. And they don’t cancel each other out. Love and anger. Love and disappointment. Love and emptiness. We always love imperfectly. It is the nature of human love. And it is okay. But despite all the love in the world, when it comes down to it, none of us can know the reality of another."

John 19:1-37 (when Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished”)

#IC 227: Some Assembly Required, Chapter 5 (7/6/20)

#IC 222: Displeasure (1/9/20)

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Shameless

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Accidental Saints

IC_Greg - "Nobody's Child"

#IC 195: Telling Your Stories before it's too late (3/17/17)