by Scott Myers | Oct 15, 2020 | Community, Uncategorized, Violence or Peace
What do we do instead of preparing to respond to violence with violence? First: as individuals, our hearts need to be changed. Therefore we seek and allow God’s continuing creation to build up love in our hearts and shalom in the world through the way we live....
by Scott Myers | Oct 1, 2020 | Community, Uncategorized, Violence or Peace
Instead So, what do we do instead? For the sake of argument let’s just say that we all agree with this analysis of the problem – that violence only leads to more violence and that, for the most part, we have prepared to respond to violence only with more...
by Scott Myers | Sep 24, 2020 | Community, Violence or Peace
Training for Peace ? The famous Bible passage (Isaiah ch 2) says that the technology used for war will change to be used only to support life, not take it. That passage ends by saying: nor will they train for war anymore. Coaches tell their players, “What...
by Scott Myers | Sep 17, 2020 | Community, Violence or Peace
We Get What We Prepare For We prepare for violence and war as responses to violence and war. We don’t prepare for peace. Is it any mystery, then, that violence is increasing and peace is decreasing? As we prepare for more violent responses to violent actions, the...
by Scott Myers | Jul 29, 2020 | Means of Grace and the Pace of Blessing, Uncategorized
God creates the world as the place wherewe come to know and love God and each other. God creates us to come to know and loveGod and each other living-in-the-world. God’s purpose in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in redemption the same asGod’s purpose in...
by Scott Myers | Jul 9, 2020 | Community, Introduction
So far we have talked about our aim – addressing the question, “What is everything?” – and about how we address it in three areas – how we can live in Communities, how we can live as Individuals, and how we can work together in Organizations.. The...
by Scott Myers | Jun 11, 2020 | Introduction
What is Everything? Everybody wants to live in a Good Place. Pretty much everyone will agree that they want to live in a Good Place. That is a big order, though, so we break down a Good Place into three areas: Communities, Individuals, and Organizations. In our...
by Scott Myers | May 25, 2020 | Introduction
What is Everything? We all have to answer this question one way or another – about how we understand the world we live in, how we seek to order our lives, how we seek to engage some part of the world. Prior to World War I, addressing the question “What is...
by Scott Myers | May 12, 2020 | Introduction
What questions do you ask yourself? Do you have any questions that you have tried to answer for most of your life? I have always tried to find the answer to the question,“What is everything?” It is hard to maintain focus on that question, though. It is easy to get...
