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Water December 14, 2016June 9, 2021

Pay attention to the Twinkie money, even if you think it’s boring

Fair warning: this post is about private equity, but don’t stop reading because you think that’s boring. It’s boring on purpose. It’s boring because boring […] Read More

Message August 11, 2015June 9, 2021

What do I do with my job?

Don’t the U.S. indoctrinators make it seem like our jobs are central to our identity? With such an emphasis on making our identity based on […] Read More

Vignettes July 20, 2012June 9, 2021

I’m not sure if I go to cocktail parties.

Written in the winter of 2010, when I was teaching in the School District of Philadelphia. A lot’s changed since then, not just my profession, […] Read More

What’s with the categories? They’re all loosely based on Circle of Hope’s idea of spiritual development, utilizing the elements to represent cyclical stages of our growth in Jesus. The posts land somewhere in one of those growth cycles, but are certainly for everyone to read. Following Jesus develops like all human development. At Circle of Hope we see ourselves moving from earth to wind to fire to water in an ongoing, organic process of receiving and enjoying our new, true selves in Jesus.

Earth: Planting seeds of faith and helping them sprout.

Wind: Taking first steps of life in the Spirit.

Fire: Accepting the gifts we bring to a community and our purpose, and learning to give them.

Water: Deepening experience of transformation.