1. Aramaic: seek out online (audio) clips of Bible passages or sayings spoken in the text, grammar and rhythm of the original Jesus speak. Audio is often easiest to search at altavista.com and archive.org
2. Life is like music: at the moment of performance it fills up the space and has real presence, but once it stops, there is little that endures. The same of Shakespeare's imagery "All the world is a stage…." Therein lies the paradox: so very compelling and strong, yet so fragile and impermanent.
3. Week by week the sermons hold up the mirror to our faulty paths and the many ways a person falls short of Loving God; Loving one's Neighbor as oneself. So imagine a real-time indicator of the empirical situation: at any given moment how many people are ON TRACK with God's wishes; or how many are aware of the shortfall and are actively seeking ways to get back on track again? Scaled to the individual level, what moments in a person's life come closest to matching the ideal mindfulness of God-filled living and working? In what ways does this look different to the person's ways before reaching that peak performance?
4. Pray without words, phrases, intonations (theme or rheme); but instead proffer images or directional flow (praise upward, request flow of right alignment and constant focus)
5. Imagery for earnestly seeking answers in worship and fellowship inside and outside the church and surrounding town: headlamps beaming into the dark to find the path and chose the best fork in the roads. However, rather than moving together as a herd and only the front guides actively searching, instead this front position should rotate to all involved.
6. Letter to the church at
-..he may strengthen you… >>POWER/authorized to go forth in co-mmision
-..He may dwell in your hearts; grounded; roots… >>ABIDING Presence
-…We may hold on tightly… >>TOTAL Commitment 360
-…Filled to the measure… >>DIRECT Line/undiluted
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