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ROLE OF IDEAS

2 THINGS THAT GOVERN THINKING

2. IMAGES

SYMBOLS THAT CONDENSE AND MEDIATE IDEAS

IDEAS ARE MEDIATED THROUGH IMAGES

1. IDEAS

IMAGINATION FILLS THE GAPS

LIKE GLASSES, WE SEE SOME, BUT NOT SMTH ELSE

BASIC CONVICTION THAT GOVERN OUR INTERPRETATION

THOUGHT

BASIC, GROUND LEVEL OF REALITY OF WHAT I'LL BECOME

HELD VERY DEEP

CONTROL THE WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS

PERSONS LIVE AT THE MERCY OF THEIR IDEAS

CHANGING DAILY PRACTICES

SPIRITUAL EXCERCISES

FREE ME TO BE USED BY GOD

ENGAGEMENT

4. GIVING

3. CELEBRATION/FEASTING

TITHE, FIRSTFRUITS

2. ENCOURAGEMENT/PRAISE

NEW FORM OF SPEAKING

1. FELLOWSHIP/COMMUNION OF SAINTS

RUPTURE/ABSTINENCE

4. FRUGALITY

DECISION TO LIVE ON WHAT IS NECESSARY

3. FASTNG

HOW TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT, EVEN WHEN I DON'T GET WHAT I WANT

2. SILENCE

NOT TO DEFEND, EXPLAIN

LEARNING TO BE SILENT, SIMPLE IN SPEECH

1. SOLITUDE

PATTERNS:

2. ENGAGEMENT

INITIATION OF NEW HABITS

1. RUPTURE

WITHOUT RUPTURING CHANGE WON'T HAPPEN

OF OLD HABITS

BODILY BEHAVIORS

DESIGNED TO HELP US GO THROUGH A PROCESS BY WHICH WE BREAK AWAY WITH HARMFUL PRACTICES AND REENGAGE IN A HEALTHY WAY.

RECONFIGURE PRACTICES TO MOVE ME INTO A DIRECTION OF HOW THE LIMB OF CHRIST WOULD DO IT, HOW JESUS WOULD DO IT.

CHRISTOCENTRIC

MIND-CHANGE PROCESS

3 MOMENTS

EVERYTIME I CHANGE, ALL THREE CHANGE

NOT AT THE SAME TIME

ONE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH ALL THREE FOR STABLE CHANGE

3. TRANSFORMING DAILY PRACTICES

THE HOSTILITY IS NOW INSIDE OF MY BODY

FLESH VS. SPIRIT

WE DO WHAT JESUS DID

BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE US

ACTIVE DAILY OBEDIENCE

2. COMMUNAL REINTEGRATION

FIND THE GROUP I CAN AFFILIATE THIS WITH, OTHERWISE IDEAS AND PRACTICES WON'T LAST

IMPORTANT FOR LASTING CHANGE

TAKE ON SPECIAL RITUALS:

TAKE ON INSIDE THE SOC. SETTING AS LIMB

FOCAL POINTS FOR CONTEMPLATION

SUPPER

REPOSITIONING

PIECE OF BREAD=LIMB

BAPTISM

IDENTITY SHIFT

INTERACTING IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH JESUS PEOPLE

TRANSFORMING SOCIAL IDENTIY AS A LIMB OF CHRIST

LEAN ON THE COMMUNITY OF OTHER LIMBS

1. INTERNALIZING THE GOSPEL

REPENTANCE/METANOIA

CHANING OF IDEAS

NEW IDEAS OF REALITY

WHAT GOD IS DOING IS MOST IMPORTANT

WORLD IS FULL OF GOD'S WORKS

WE INTERNALIZE IT MANY TIMES

IT IS A SPIRAL JOURNEY

MOVE FORWARD BY COVERING THE SAME GROUND

PROCESS OF INTEGRATION INTO CHRIST =

FROM SELF-CENTERED TO CHRIST-CENTERED

2 PULLS

THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN LIFE FROM HERE TO THE WORLD MADE RIGHT WILL BE A PROCESS OF MIGRATING FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE (SELF AS CENTER) TO HAVING CHRIST AT THE CENTER.

MANY LAYERS TO CROSS

2. RECENTERING ON GOD

ENTERING THE KINGDOM =

THIS IS REALITY AND TRUE BASE FOR GROWTH

RELATE IN NON-COMPETITIVE WAYS

SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY

DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION WITH CHRIST

I AM A PIECE OF THIS, NOT THE CENTER

CENTER IS WHAT GOD IS DOING IN CHRIST

I AM IN CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN ME

PAUL: WALKING IN THE SPIRIT

1. ME - CENTER OF EVERYTHING

ENDS UP

2. ABSORPTION TO SOME GROUP

1. SELF-ABSORPTION

BELLY WORSHIP

INCAPABLE OF RESISTING BODILY IMPULSES

FRUIT

SEEK TO SECURE LIFE - MONEY, FOOD

ANXIETY, ANGER

CONFLICT WITH OTHERS AND COMPETITION

DESCRIPTION

JESUS: THE WAY OF THE GENTILES

PAUL: LIFE ACCORDING TO FLESH

PARADIGM

LIMB OF XR

ADAM & EVE

DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE

FOCUS ON THE GOOD BEING PRODUCED

FLOW

TOTAL FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE

THEY ARE NAKED WITHOUT NOTICING IT

CENTERED ON CO-WORKING WITH GOD

WE ARE DESIGNED TO EXOCENTRIC

WE GROW IN SPIRITUAL MATURITY TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CEASE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, BUT SEE OURSELVES AS LIMBS OR EXTENSIONS OF CHRIST.

THERE WILL BE MANY LIKE HIM, AND ALL OF US TOGETHER WILL FORM CHRIST'S BODY, BECOME THE FULLNESS OF HIM.

HE WANTS US TO BE MATURE, HAVE CHRIST'S CHARACTER, BE STABLE IN BELIEF AND ACTION, NO LONGER TOSSED HERE AND THERE LIKE CHILDREN, BY SOME TEACHING.

GOD'S PROJECT IN HISTORY IS TO PRODUCE PERSONS WHO HAVE THE HEIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST. TO GROW IN SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS IS TO BE GROW AND BE LIKE CHRIST.

CHANGING COMMUNAL INTEGRATION

HOW TO CHANGE GROUPS?

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.

LAYER BY LAYER.

THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GROW.

IN EVERY STATE I'LL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE MY COMMUNAL IDENTITY.

3. REENGAGE AS NEEDED AND REALISTICALLY POSSIBLE WITH OLD FRIENDS, FAMILY.

D. DO NOT PRETEND

LOVE THEM, BE WHAT YOU ARE.

C. DO NOT BE ARROGANT

APOLOGIZE IF WRONG

B. DON'T DEFEND YOURSELF

PULL ME IN THEIR VIEW

LET IT TO GOD

TRAP

NOT REALITY

A. DO NOT SEEK THEIR APPROVAL

DON'T ASK FOR IT

DO IT IN POSTURE OF SERVICE AND BLESSING

2. DELIBERATELY PURSUE AND INVEST IN RELATIONS WITH THOSE WHO AFFIRM A CHRIST-CENTERED REALITY

COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES

1. CONSCIOUSLY PLACE YOURSELF IN GOD'S HANDS

JOHN 13

THE ONLY SAFE WAY

REQUIRED SOLITUDE

REALITY IS GOD-CENTERED

SITUATE IN REALITY

GOAL

INTEGRATION BY DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST

NOT AN ADJUSTED EGO

ONLY IN SO FAR JESUS BECOMES ONE'S PRIMARY COMMUNITY WILL CHANGE LAST AND BEAR FRUIT.

INTEGRATED PERSON

JESUS WAS LIKE THIS

CONFLICT COMES FROM CHANGING AFFILIATIONS

HE SAW THAT CONFLICT WOULD COME

VERY PRODUCTIVE

THER IS SIMPLICITY IN HIS WAY OF LIFE BEFORE GOD

CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING

THAT THEIR PLACE IN IT

FUNDAMENTALLY ROOTED IN GOD

IN REALITY

LIVES BEYOND THE NEED TO BE ACCEPTED OR THE FEAR TO BE REJECTED BY ANY PARTICULAR GROUP

ONE PERSON ALL THE TIME

INTRO

GOAL:

BE WITH GOD AND NOT BE ALONE

TO LIVE WITH GOD AS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY

MOST CENTRAL CIRCLE IS ROOTEDNESS IN CHRIST

WE FORM CIRLCES OF SUFFICIENCY.

IDENTITY SPRINGS FROM THOSE GROUPS OR PERSONS WE SEEK AFFIRMATION FROM

PERSONS CANNOT EXIST WITHOUTOTHER PERSONS.

CHANGING IDEAS

OBEDIENCE LEADS ONE SAFELY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. - ONE GETS VISION

HOW TO GET CK?

5. PROCESS OF VERIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION

4. PERSONAL REALEASE AND OPENNES

ONE IS OPEN TO THE WORLD

GET NEW ENERGY

3. MOMENT OF INSIGHT

ACT OF IMAGINATION

CONFLICTING PIECES FIT TOGETHER

VISION OF A BROADER WHOLE

GIVEN BY GOD

IT MOVES THINGS FORWARD

PIECES HAVE CLICKED

FEEL IT'S RIGHT

CRUCIAL MOMENT

FELT WITH FORCE

2. INTERLUDE FOR SCANNING

INHABIT THE PROBLEM WITH EMPATHY FOR PROBLEM AND ITS PARTS

BEGINNING TO INDWELL

MAKE THEM FIT TOGETHER

LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS

1. CONFLICT IN SOME CONTEXT

CONFLICT GROWS

SMTH DOESN'T FIT

CONVICTIONAL KNOWING

COMES THROUGH INTERACTION

IT CAN BE ONLY MIDWIFED

CANNOT BE PASSED ON DIRECTLY

KNOWLEDGE THAT IS BELIEVED AND READY TO BE ACTED UPON.

DEF.

XAN SPIRITUAL FORMATION

THE PROCESS AND MEANS WHEREBY A HUMAN PERSON AS SPIRIT PROGRESSIVELY IDENTIFIES WITH AND TAKES ON A CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST AND THEREBY COMES TO RELATE TO GOD AS ABBA, FATHER.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

IS THE WAY OR THE PROCESS BY WHICH A HUMAN PERSON AS SPIRIT TAKES ON A DETERMINANT CHARACTER, SHAPE OVER TIME.

SPIRITUALITY

EVERYONE HAS A SPIRITUALITY. IT IS EITHER GOD-CENTERED OR IT'S AN IDOL.

IS A DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONAL PROCESS CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TRANSFORMATION.

EXOCENTRIC

WE ARE WIRED FOR ONLY ONE EXOCENTRIC RELATIONSHIP.

ALL EXO-CENTRIC RELATIONSHIPS EXCEPT GOD WILL STOP

WE ARE WIRED TO CENTER ON GOD

CENTERED ON SMTH OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES

SOUL

PROGRAMMED BY SPIRIT/MIND, BY WHAT I FOCUS ON

WHAT SUSTAINS AND UNIFIES THE FLESH

SPIRIT

THE CONTENT OF ATTENTION GETS INGRAINED IN OUR BODIES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, OUR SOUL.

THE SOUL TAKES SHAPE

THE WHOLE PERSON IS SHAPED BY WHERE THE SPIRIT PUTS ITS ATTENTION

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BECOME

GOVERNING CENTRE OF WHO WE WILL BECOME OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME

FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL OF PERSONHOOD

UNBODILY PERSONAL POWER

PERSONAL

REFERS TO ATTENTION