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“Jesus Imagination,” by Leonard Sweet (Part 2)
At a certain point in the second half, it felt as though I were reading an autobiography in the form of a devotional diary. It felt like sitting with Len Sweet early in the morning (or maybe late at night), when time slows down and we are in that mystical place between heaven and earth…
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What I have been calling quantum thinking, moving from the binary “not this but that” to the quantum “yes this and also that” Sweet entitles “sacred tensions,” in Chapter 14, and Kierkegaard calls paradox the thinker’s passion, and that is the perfect way to begin.
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“Personal Knowledge,” by Michael Polanyi (Part 2)
Intuitive and creative thought can only thrive in a free society. Only human beings were able to develop signs and symbols that could record and convey ideas, which made it possible for our intelligence to grow. We are still growing. It takes all of us to know and share the truth, and to continue to…
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“Personal Knowledge,” by Michael Polanyi (Part 1)
Polanyi gives his thesis statement a number of times, but I thought this one was fairly straightforward and succinct: “… The whole process of discovery and confirmation ultimately relies on our own accrediting of our own vision of reality” (p 130). This is true of faith and belief as well.
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“Art and Faith,” by Makoto Fujimura
We would relish God’s invitation to create without the inhibition of embarrassment or inability, or cringing in fear at the inevitable smack-down. We would throw ourselves heart, mind, soul, and strength, and with great joy, into the project.
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“Primal Intelligence,” by Angus Fletcher (Part 2)
Fletcher’s challenge to make new plans when the environment changes, and to junk our must successful plans (that was then, this is now) is bracing counsel that sits well, as is his exhortation to be bold. A mentor of mine once urged me to “fail fast and fall hard,” or something like that. “Cut away…
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“Primal Intelligence,” by Angus Fletcher (Part 1)
The human brain thinks in story, and that kind of thinking can be observed in intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. Mentally, I was rubbing my hands with anticipation to read this book, and I was not disappointed.
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“Ecosemiotics,” by Timo Maran
Perhaps we view Maran in the way we might view a Hebrew Testament prophet, as one who is telling us the awful truth while there is yet time to do something about it.
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Abigail: God’s Ambassador
How could a marriage so broken, weighted by the burden of abuse and unchecked addiction, bring any good to Abigail? And yet, God had a magnificent purpose in this apparently mismatched couple, as Abigail’s story reveals.
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