Tag: privacy

• Beginnings…the Birth of an Addiction to Self-Reliance

  Tuesday Re-mix – But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at.  People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” I Samuel 16:7 I am using these Tuesday Re-mixes for…

  Blake

  April 24, 2012

  Anonymity Anonymous, Christian Accountability, Genuine Community, Spiritual Formation

  12-step, addiction, appearance, checklist, church, community, David, enable, healing, I Samuel, independence, outward, privacy, recovery, self-reliance, Sunday School

• Addicted to Anonymity

  Tuesday Re-mix – I wonder if we in the American culture have become addicted to anonymity? Dictionary.com defines addiction like this: the state of being enslaved to a practice or habit or something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. When I think about the community prescribed…

  Blake

  April 10, 2012

  Anonymity Anonymous, Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Genuine Community, H2H

  accountability, addiction, anonymity, church, community, enabling, enslaved, habit, independence, narcotic, privacy, psychology, self-sufficiency

• Your Next Step toward Community

  Tuesday Re-mix –  Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in…

  Blake

  January 31, 2012

  Church Unity, Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community

  . protection, anonymity, Christian, church, community, confession, intertwined, intimacy, James 5, privacy, walls