a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   ~~~~~ Serial narration Process This "[UMC] ..." series of 3-minute readouts on the present climate within the United Methodist Church [UMC] (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) ('reset' here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) … Continue reading [UMC] “PO” = getting unstuck →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   ~~~~~   Serial narration Process This "[UMC] ..." series of 3-minute readouts on the present climate within the United Methodist Church [UMC] (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) ('reset' here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) … Continue reading [UMC] a value in vague →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   ~~~~~ Serial narration Process This "[UMC] ..." series of 3-minute readouts on the present climate within the United Methodist Church [UMC] (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) ('reset' here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (last week), … Continue reading [UMC] “a dime a dozen” →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   ~~~~~ Serial narration Process A "[UMC] ..." series (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) ('reset' here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (last week). The expressions I'm using for the project are evolving. Micah 6.8 is key to "The 95% … Continue reading [UMC] Love as structure →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   ~~~~~ Serial narration Process This "[UMC] ..." series of 3-minute readouts on the present climate within the United Methodist Church [UMC] (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) ('reset' here) (here) (here) (here) (last week), is meant … Continue reading [UMC] *political technologies*?! →

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 →