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Some stories are "true", "wise", or "good", because we read them on the internet. Posted one minute ago, and then taken down just as fast. Other stories have been tried, tested, and reviewed by people, in a process, over a period of time. These "Stories in Ink" prove true and deserve to be more indelible.

How can THEY think THAT!?!? Have you found yourself thinking anything along those lines during this pandemic/election/time of upheaval? Well, when we step back and look at how we grow, our own story to this point, and where we are headed as a people, and as individuals, we begin to see places where empathy and understanding can take the lead over rancor and division.

When we lose our sense of Center, and everything becomes about me, we abandon our common humanity, and begin to blame and accuse.  In this podcast, we explore what it looks like to hold our common Humanity high and work at Absorbing and Transforming our pain, until we are able to say as a community of humanity - "This is US".

The Path to Wisdom has always been one of Order, Disorder, Reorder. A way we know, a disruptor, and a new normal. Life, Death, Rebirth.

When the world changes so much that we don't know how it works anymore, we often can become embittered, distrustful, defensive, and reactionary.  We can start fighting each other instead of coming together to work the problem.

No more Me and mine (or You vs Me!).  We need Us versus the Problem!

I earn.  I owe.  I deserve.

Those concepts are so ingrained into our culture that they are almost indistinguishable from our self-concept.  It impacts how we see each other, our self-image, and even if/how we see God.

But the reality is - we do not DESERVE anything.  Because our very lives are a gift... It's time to intentionally acknowledge, the GIFT ECONOMY.

A wandering teacher in a poor, little known part of the world, told stories to crowds of people being starved into oblivion.  They were dealing with racism, classism, gender issues, corrupt leaders, financial corruption, and multiple uprisings.

Sound familiar?  I am of course speaking of Jesus... and how the stories he told inform us today in the equally turbulent 2020.  Join us for Ripped From The Headlines.

Working from home. No work. More work. Figuring out how to do life at a distance. Masks. Finances. Zoom happy hours and helping grandma set up video... for not doing much, does anyone else feel the need for a little R&R?  Jesus did. And we rarely understand how SELFISH (kind of) he was.

Ginosko - Experiential knowledge - We are learning that we are all playing follow the leader... and sometimes it seems, there is no leader.  We are learning for ourselves who we want to lead and how.

Corrupt leaders. Politics. Life and death consequences. Authority questioned. Truth defined and redefined. Expertise in doubt. 

No, I am not talking about today's headlines. I am talking about the world of Jesus. The one he BLEW UP with new ideas about what it means to live, to know, and to follow. And his truth is still as seismic today as it was then.