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Problems with Our Doctrines – Part One
The storms, chaos, and crises we face within and outside of the church offer unprecedented challenge and opportunity. Maximizing the opportunities of this season – including Christianity once again becoming the source of meaning and purpose in people’s lives – requires we address the problems created by our doctrines. The challenges we face will be exacerbated if we do not.
inLight Adventure Newsletter – Problems with Our Doctrines
The storms, chaos, and crises we face within and outside of the church offer unprecedented challenge and opportunity. Maximizing the opportunities of this season – including Christianity once again becoming the source of meaning and purpose in people’s lives – requires we address the problems created by our doctrines. The challenges we face will be exacerbated if we do not.
The Necessity for Transformation in 2026
We are in the last transformation opportunity for the Body of Christ – the final stage in the wife of the Lamb making herself ready. The decisions we make this year (and the directions we take) will have a disproportional effect on our personal future state, and that of the Body of Christ. In other words, the Romans 12:2 decision – conformity with the world or transformation into better kingdom citizens – is being forced on us NOW! If we are going to get serious, now is the time. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
From Artificial Intelligence to Biblical Wisdom – A Spectrum of Gaps
These findings, and more like them, point to one critical and missing ingredient: wisdom. In fifteen short years (of social media platforms on smart phones), humankind has proven it lacks the wisdom to safely implement agentic Digital Technology. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
Joel’s Response to the Metacrisis
Solutions to the Institutional Church Metacrisis represent the transformation of the Body of Christ; aka, the Wife of the Lamb making Herself ready. This leads us to the most important questions (for this article): How do we participate with God in His response to the Institutional Church Metacrisis? How do we walk in the good work of our own transformation? It seems God gave the minor prophet Joel an answer: a framework (or process) for the Christian response to our Metacrisis. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
Reflections for the Coming Year (2026)
God does not intend His people to be caught unaware, but to recognize the challenges AND opportunities He has allowed and orchestrated. Blinders are good until they blind us to the dangers staring us straight in the face – dangers to our families, friends, and fellowships. God has purposefully birthed and positioned us for this kairos moment. #iamjustthepen #inLightConsulting
The Meta-Crises of the Institutional Church
From a Christian perspective, the Metacrisis represents the cumulative effect of mankind’s rebellion during the Enlightenment, Modernity, and the Information Technology Age. Regrettably, the church’s conformity with the world has left it equally vulnerable to the Metacrisis. To be God’s instrument of salt and light to the world, we must first get over our own deluded state.
Meta-Crises Plaguing Western Society
From a Christian perspective, the Metacrisis represents the cumulative effect of mankind’s rebellion during the Enlightenment, Modernity, and the Information Technology Age. Regrettably, the church’s conformity with the world has left it equally vulnerable to the Metacrisis. To be God’s instrument of salt and light to the world, we must first get over our own deluded state.
inLight Adventure Newsletter – Vessels of Big “R” Reality
The big “R” Reality of God is bigger on the inside than it appears from the outside. For those familiar with The Last Battle (the seventh book of the Chronicles of Narnia): the further up and in you go, the bigger it gets. For those who prefer something more sci-fi, think Dr. Who’s Tardis. Moreover, every redeemed Christian is now infinitely bigger on the inside than on the outside. We have become vessels of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
inLight Adventure Newsletter – The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Shepherds are responsible to their Master for the spiritual, psychological, and emotional safety of His people. Can you imagine a pastor, preacher, teacher, or leader of any kind ignoring the dangers that lie ahead in the digital world? The current damage will be increased – perhaps exponentially – with the advent of AI and the use of LLMs. AI is not going away; it cannot be unplugged; and those entrusted to our care are mostly unaware of the danger it poses for individuals, families, and fellowships.