a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ A founding error of this "[UMC'] ..." project When I initiated this project attempting to disrupt the doom-loop in which The People Called United Methodist [UMC] have been caught for the past fifty years, I took off on … Continue reading [UMC] a holistic take [rectified]
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Serial narration "Two hangmen" mash-up Last week we talked about a problem, i.e., the foolish notion that thought-policing might actually be possible. Similarly, the 'On Point' program, linked below, describes what I would call an Orwellian rectification: a … Continue reading [UMC] Genocide by censorship
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Serial narration Process What Edward de Bono calls "water logic" is the process I've been using in this "[UMC] ..." series of takes on the present climate within the United Methodist Church [UMC] (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) … Continue reading [UMC] Meet the Taylors
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Serial narration Process Last week I admitted that I'd made a foundational error, and I repented of it (I hit the reset button and turned in a new direction). I introduced a simple new typology that offers … Continue reading [UMC] ‘Get your program, here!’
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Serial narration Oops... mea culpa (my bad) As Tom Lambrecht and Tom Berlin's efforts obviously failed to work, I should have realized that the typological model that they created in 2016 was in a state of critical … Continue reading [UMC] fixing an earlier error
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ A serial narration It's not that we are totally trapped under the thumb of Nin's Jungian insight in the above graphic. However, *political technologies* regularly provide many of us a space to parade Nin's insight and put … Continue reading [UMC] Are questions passé?
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ A serial narration My "UMC schism, a holistic take" project is a narration of my hypothesis, i.e., the 95% solution [95%S]. I've argued that our traditional thinking habits ["rock logic"] and our premises ("tradition" vs. "inclusion") have structured … Continue reading [UMC] Stymied by structure
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Change There are experiences that change our thinking. (I include books in this. Reading a book can produce a thinking-changing experience.) Recently, I discovered that sometimes we may not realize the long-term effects an experience, or a … Continue reading “I Am Right You Are Wrong”
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ Our premises create structure As in the theory underpinning "ice nine," our premises create structure. [Ice-nine is a fictional solid polymorph of water from Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle.] The past five weeks ["UMC schism, a holistic take" mini-series … Continue reading And, if pain is a premise?
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ The 95% solution My 'UMC schism, a holistic take' project is, first of all, grounded in my all-in embrace of *unintended consequences* and the divine power of that grace. That's correct! I deeply trust that the Law … Continue reading Jesus wept (cf. Luke 19.41-2)
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