Praying for guidance in your journey. I kinda know how you feel, I tried twice to help in groups that helped people and both times got rejected lol "too many people helping" was one answer, later in time understood it was bc I was in a place I shouldn´t and that wasn´t called to do that either at least at the time. So, just trut that things will fall into place by following God. Blessings.
2:49 I missed the discussion with God voice but I might see one possible difference I could see that Church-planting implies institution building, it requires navigating and shaping social dynamics of a group. Discipleship seems like it can be more individual. You help people one on one- but getting them to work together? To pull in the same direction, that seems to require further skills
"who is wise? He who learns from every man" - Ben azzai "Who is wise? He who learns from the newborn" "Do not any despise any man, for every man has his hour"- Ben azzai Every person, even babies, have at least one thing to teach us about the world, ourselves, humanity, God... One one who is wise can learn to discern what each person can reveal Per Ecclesiastes (chapters 2-3) God has created a time and a place for all people and things in Creation - He would not create them if He did not believe they had a role in His plan. At the same time that the wise man and the fool both will ultimately die, the wise man has eyes, while the fool walks in darkness. (2:14) Wisdom does lead to much vexation, and even the wise leave a fleeting life. But this teaches us don't translate the key word of Ecclesiastes as vanity every time. For the wise man learns how to find eternity in every moment, finding a foundation doesnt mean one needs to become G-d like, transcending their finitude. There is no solid land in the seas of chaos as you call them- but there are Leviathans and Arms and small islands of dry land floating on the surface of the deep. We can cling to them, learn to swim from them, to balance on the waves... Ok ive left my wisdom for the day - none of which is mine, but my teachers, to whom I must give credit And yes I think we are trained to see many many perspectives from our tradition - because we are taught to be read many commentaries, appreciate the seventy faces of the gem-like Torah
the Catholic Church isn't just the Roman rite. while the Roman rite is the largest rite by far, there are 24 rites in the Catholic Church, and suggesting that Eastern Catholics are Roman just makes you look uneducated. Catholic is the umbrella term, because Catholic literally means "universal".
I lodged a provisional patent in late 2019 with IP Australia. This gives one a year to lodge a full patent application nationally and an additional year to lodge internationally. I never intended to lodge a patent - the point of the provisional application was to prevent anyone else from patenting it since the concept was published. Patents are only granted to new/novel ideas/concepts and IP Australia is open to the public. Anyone attempting to patent a previously published ideas would fail at this hurdle. That means that the CHE is now open source, although its birthplace is in TLC. Three of the 5 team members that participated in the Elon Musk funded X-Prize competition have appeared on Karen Wong's channel. Ira (appeared on Karen's channel multiple times), recently retired from a career in Fluid Mechanics and a former Professor in same was the initial expert who listened to my garbled talk on The Meaning Code and validated the concept. He later agreed to join the team as someone prepared to validate the concept. He has many papers published in the field of Fluid Mechanics and his endorsement of the concept speaks volumes.
Right time of year on our calendar for this... We pray for this ability daily, that to me is the best way. A daily practice of trying to let go both of what was done to us and recognizing we need the same forgiveness from others
When you realize the interceding entity for prayers to be accepted is the body, who was called Mary, because without the body praying, prayer is not performed, when you realize that, you get to learn that Jesus is not some external entity, Jesus then is an acquired son that can be within you, for you are the expected virgin.
@RightInChrist It's not about you trying to show God. That's not our goal. Just try to see glimpses of God in others, and be appreciative of how they display God, especially when they least expect it. You will start learning what it takes without even being aware either. There's no knowledge to be acquired in good behavior, just good perception and willingness to acknowledge the positive things outside of ourselves. the inner is beyond our control, so how we get the fruit of the mouth to come out is through giving good grades where due, among the living individuals, and most importantly among the people close to us. You need not tell people how good they are, but just pay attention when they display graceful behavior.
For the love of the game, with exception of players who can juke, soccer is a wonderful team sport. Kick and run strategy is not primary to team formation. Knocking the ball in player triangles is fundamental. I remember having a coach from Scotland who would break us up in practice into groups of 4. In a static equilateral triangle 3 passing the ball around + 1 monkey defender in the middle. Once the 3 get the ‘keep away’ together the triangle moves up the field. Was nothing like extending futball possession in games to bring the team together
@@jamesRHenry523 I like that. I've worked something similar (called rondos) with the team. But the group of 4 and eventual moving makes perfect sense. Thanks!
Hi Gavin, Constructive feedback is always helpful sometimes though, some people take it the wrong way but that has nothing to do with the usefulness of constructive feedback. I agree with you in that, people without Christ are missing something very special, yet everyone has to make that decision for themselves.
If we know Jesus we can't help but think it would be good for others to know Jesus too. At the same time, I like to think a person who is born deaf and blind and without the ability to communicate with other people may be able to know Jesus too.
I wonder though if you aren't assuming there is only one way to know G-d Jeremiah tells us knowing God is judging the cause of the needy and the widow, of rejecting oppression and violence (22:16-17). In Hosea knowing God is said to be being bound to righteousness, justice, love, compassion, and trust (2:21-22). In Isaiah it is doing what God has commanded you righteously, feeding the hungry and clothing the naked (58:2-7). BUT we are also told that the Egyptians know God through the plagues - through that form of His Justice. But That the Jews knew God, not through these miracles but through His hearing their cry and alleviating their oppression, and freeing them from bondage. Knowing God through His signs IS NOT knowing Him through His love which IS NOt knowing Him through His just punishments which are not knowing Him by embodying Him or what He acts of us. And yet these are all ways to know Him- and are any of these as Adam knew His wife?
Imagine God as a person. I think about people I know and people who know them. To a point I think you are making, a person can be known by different people in different ways and with different intimacy. I can't even know all the ways to know a person. But I can go meet the person and come to know them: especially if God is a person and isn't constrained by things that constrain humans. Sometimes we encounter a person and immediately forget them. In that case, I could argue that we don't know that person. That person is a stranger. For many people, God is a stranger. When we are born, God is a stranger. Please correct me if I'm wrong or mistaken or missing something. We go throughout our day and forget about a person and remember a person for periods of time. During those periods of time when we forget that person, do we know them? I'd say no. But there is a potential to remember the person and the act of remembering is the knowing I'm thinking about. We know them when we remember them and we don't know them when we forget them. And sometimes we meet a person and learn their name and nothing else. You might claim to know the person because you recall their name and a few identifying features. How well do you really know the person? Are you at all interested in knowing them better? So I'm trying to point at a kind of knowing which is very much like the kind of "knowing and remembering" any person. I'm aiming at the kind of knowing and remembering in which my heart is God's heart always. Not there yet. ;)
@@RightInChrist Im not sure I buy your premise. We say all of Creation knows God- birds and waves and lightning. I think when we are born we do know Him in much the same way. Because He is more than a person- He is also of course personal. But again one way we can know Him is through His Will as realized in His Creation, instinctual participation with His Personal Will. It's like walking through a building or looking at a piece of art or using a machine. I have shared something with the designer, participated in their intent and will, I may also step back and think about what I learned about them. But even without that meta-step, I have known them (which I do think is precisely the type of knowledge we mean when Adam knows Eve- I don't think it's at a deep profound level of learned everything about her. It's he participated in her will. I mean he literally just blamed her for causing him to eat the fruit. And she names Cain, not Adam which is customary (and Adam will name Seth). But he begins to finally treat her as a person, not an object. A thou and not an it when he acquices to have relations to give her the child she wishes to acquire (and note she speaks of the man-child as an object herself, an acquisition). It will take time for this family (ie us) to learn how to take personal responsibility, not blame each other but be accountable, and treat each other as actual persons- and this starts with a certain ack-knowlegement
@@RightInChrist I would say a creature that is doing exactly what God wills of it always knows and remembers Him. Humans once they get to the age of 'knowledge of good and evil' have to learn how to return to Him
Thanks for sharing! I commend you, confrontation is not easy.. balancing values and diff ppls interests is not easy. It's fascinating how standing your ground when you're in a leadership role enables others to confront their own values (e.g. enabling a parent or kid to think abt their priority of winning). It's also interesting the difference btwn recreational sport and competitive sport. I'm just wondering, if your 3 values are winning, fairness (equal time playing), and fun, whether those values are equally important or if winning is still slightly more important
@@RightInChrist Yeah I'm just thinking if winning is 2/4 of the pie and fairness and fun are each 1/4 of the pie, it doesn't mean it's not balanced. Just like when you bake a cake, just bc there's more flour than sugar doesn't mean it's not balanced
@@SofaWrld2 I can say that some players and parents do not agree with my decisions. I personally have been someone totally focused on winning for most of my life and so I suspect that one weighs more subconsciously. I have a friend who told me about their rule that everyone plays half the game and so I stole that rule for our team. I can say that I can't make all my kids have fun all the time no matter how hard I try even if that was my only goal. One thing I should also communicate in the future as a coach, is my goal to encourage the kids to learn how to be a good team member for our small team and for the league as well.
@@RightInChrist Gotcha yeah it does sound really hard, not just hard to put into action but hard how it can weigh on a person. Everything you're saying makes sense tho and your thoughts and ideas and actions sound like the thing to do. I suspect the rest is time! Consulting other coaches sounds like a good idea too - that reminds me of what was Paul saying the other day, don't try to be too original lol Encouraging other kids to be good team members is a great opportunity for the kids too 👍 But yeah, don't be too hard on yourself, it sounds like you're a great coach
Another goal: to win even when you lose. As with wresting and dialogue, if your goal is development and strengths, losses can be the seeds of future growth.
Biblical cosmology is way cooler and stranger than the post enlightenment materialist want to believe. Aliens seem to be a naturalistic explanation for a supernatural world.
I'm thinking naturalistic explanations and models can help up to the point where a person ultimately decides to commit our life to Jesus as our master. At that point we ultimately need to work on knowing Jesus better.
One thing I will say abt Jordan Peterson - my understanding is he likes to talk to losers or common ppl at least to the extent of getting their feedback (Paul mentions this, how Jordan likes getting signals and likes social studies). Talking to losers or common folk every once and a while gives a much more representative signal
well said! yeah i think you (TLC, peterson academy) complement each other bottom-up vs top-down, like you say. wisdom, love vs knowledge, power. you need losers for resilient love and wisdom :)) I am also very much a loser ✋
@@RightInChrist haha I love you too Gavin and I will steal “The losers club” for the Christian faction of TLC. Although the “Dawn” comment appearing on this video is a glitch. I left it on the Dawn randos convo with Luke that I’m currently watching
