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Jon Tate's Daily Practice's avatar

This was church. It was so good for me.

Some notes:

-“A willed habitation of one’s own body.” (Good theology. Good politics.)

-Can I make water from thirst?

-Can I make bread from hunger?

-“Speculative fear wilderness.”

-The world is not a disposable ladder to heaven.

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David Dark's avatar

Is "speculative fear wilderness" something Greg said?

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Jon Tate's Daily Practice's avatar

I thought it was you quoting him from another essay maybe?

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David Dark's avatar

I'll ask him. We'll get to the bottom of this. We'll get to the bottom of this speculative fear wilderness.

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Gregory Thompson's avatar

Greetings all. Yes, I think I said that when you are traumatized the temptation is to live in a wilderness of speculative fear rather than in the concrete and embodied present. Somethin like ‘at.

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Jon Tate's Daily Practice's avatar

I believe it had to do with the mindset that tends to come from growing up in an abusive context - the part that follows us into adulthood. I think “willed habitation of one’s own body” is the recovery mindset for that predicament. I would have loved hearing more from y’all. I’m interested in Chris’s Underground Railroad thang. I have a little piece of art (a doodle honestly) that evolved from a Harriet Tubman quote I became aware of after the fact of the doodle, so I amended it a little.

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Mikey Rogers's avatar

I’m planning to attend and excited about it

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Jim Keffer's avatar

Thanks for the invite

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Joyce Crowell's avatar

“Hinges and a lock”. That was powerful. Sorry I can’t be there. Thank you for sharing.

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