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Acts 16 um texas
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We talk a lot about
saving the church.
When do we talk
about saving the
         world?
Acts 16 um texas
Acts 16 um texas
What’s missing today is a
high-quality discourse on
rethinking the design and
evolution of the entire
system from scratch.
            - Otto Scharmer
The quality of results produced by any
      system depends on the quality of
awareness from which the people in the
      system operate. (Otto Scharmer)
Acts 16 um texas
Acts 16 um texas
Acts 16 um texas
Death   Resurrection
Letting Go   Letting Come
Letting go what was ...

                     Letting come what
                               will be ...




         Being where we are
When do we talk
about saving the
         world?
Mission in a world in crisis:
  Planet - unsustainable way
                         of life
       Poverty - growing gap
     between rich minority &
                poor majority
  Peace - spread of weapons
   Religion - not helping with
                          #1-3
4 global emergencies...
1. Planet
       The Human
                           Conventional View

                       God created the world as perfect,
                                                               Emerging View

                                                               God created the world as good, but
       Situation: What but because our primal                  human beings – as individuals, and as




2. Poverty
       is the story that
                       ancestors, Adam and Eve, did            groups – have rebelled against God and
       we find         not maintain the absolute               filled the world with evil and injustice
       ourselves in?   perfection demanded by God,             like a terrible disease. God wants to save
                       God has irrevocably determined          humanity and heal it from its sickness,
                       that the entire universe and all it     but humanity is hopelessly lost and
                       contains will be destroyed, and         confused, like sheep without a shepherd,
                       the souls of all human beings –         wandering farther and farther into
                       except for those specifically           lostness and danger. Left to themselves,




3. Peace
                       exempted – will be forever              human beings will spiral downward in
                       punished for their imperfection         sickness and evil.
                       in hell.1
       Basic           Since everyone is doomed to             Since the human race is in such desperate
       Questions: What hell, Jesus seeks to answer these       trouble, Jesus seeks to answer this
       questions did   questions: how can individuals          question: what must be done about the
       Jesus come to   be saved from eternal                   mess we’re in? The mess refers both to
       answer?         punishment in hell and instead          the general human condition and its
                       go to heaven after they die? How        specific outworking among his




4. Religion
                       can God help individuals be             contemporaries: living under domination
                       happy and successful until then?        by the Roman empire, and divided into
                                                               various competing sects.
       Jesus’ message:     Jesus says, in essence, “If you     Jesus says, in essence, “Other people and
       How did Jesus       want to be among those              groups – including your own religious
       respond to the      specifically qualified to escape    leaders - are leading you farther and
       crisis?             being forever punished for your     farther astray. I have been sent by God
                           sins in hell, you must repent of    with this good news – that God loves
                           your individual sins and believe    humanity, even in its lostness and sin.
                           that my Father punished me on       God graciously invites everyone and
                           the cross so He won’t have to       anyone to question and reject what they
                           punish you in hell. Only if you     have been told and instead follow a new
                           believe this will you go to         path. Trust me and become my disciple,
                           heaven when everyone else is        and you will be transformed, and you will
                           banished to hell.”2 This is the     participate in the transformation of the
                           good news.                          world, which is possible, beginning right
                                                               now.”3 This is the good news.

       1
         Of course, there are many modern western non-religious ontologies and framing stories too,
       plus Eastern ontologies and framing stories – both religious and irreligious.
       2
         This reflects a Calvinistic Evangelical protestant version of the message. The popular Roman
       Catholic version might say, “You must believe in the teachings of the church and follow its
       instructions, especially those regarding sacraments.” The popular mainline or liberal Protestant
Heat



Solar Energy
                              Prosperity

               Resources
                                                  Waste
                           Equity      Security

                           Societal Machine


         The Ecosystem
Heat



Solar Energy
                              Prosperity

               Resources
                                                  Waste
                           Equity      Security

                           Societal Machine


         The Ecosystem



                           Framing Story
Heat



       Solar Energy
                                     Prosperity

                      Resources
                                                         Waste
                                  Equity      Security

                                  Societal Machine
Gospel/Good News
Jesus’ message of the kingdom,
kindom, reign, commonwealth, dream,        Framing Story
ecosystem, family, network, or
movement of God....
Seeing Acts in a
             fresh way ...

Luke and Acts as one ongoing story:
 Acts of Jesus, Acts of the Risen Christ
                  through the apostles
Seeing Acts in a
               fresh way ...
Kingdom of God -
the ultimate non-dual reality:
                       God & Creation
                            Us & Them
                        Now & Forever
 Personal/Spiritual and Public/Political
11 From Troas we put out to
sea and sailed straight for
Samothrace, and the next day
we went on to Neapolis. 12
From there we traveled to
Philippi, a Roman colony and
the leading city of that district
of Macedonia. And we stayed
there several days.
Acts 16 um texas
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the
city gate to the river, where we expected
to find a place of prayer. We sat down and
began to speak to the women who had
gathered there. 14 One of those listening
was a woman from the city of Thyatira
named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She
was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened
her heart to respond to Paul's message. 15
When she and the members of her
household were baptized, she invited us to
her home. "If you consider me a believer in
the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my
house." And she persuaded us.
16 Once when we were going to
the place of prayer, we were met by
a female slave who had a spirit by
which she predicted the future. She
earned a great deal of money for
her owners by fortune-telling. 17
She followed Paul and the rest of
us, shouting, "These men are
servants of the Most High God, who
are telling you the way to be
saved."
18 She kept this up for many
days. Finally Paul became so
annoyed that he turned around
and said to the spirit, "In the
name of Jesus Christ I
command you to come out of
her!" At that moment the spirit
left her.
19 When her owners realized that
their hope of making money was
gone, they seized Paul and Silas and
dragged them into the marketplace to
face the authorities. 20 They brought
them before the magistrates and
said, "These men are Jews, and are
throwing our city into an uproar 21
by advocating customs unlawful for
us Romans to accept or practice."
22 The crowd joined in the attack
against Paul and Silas, and the
magistrates ordered them to be
stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After
they had been severely flogged, they
were thrown into prison, and the jailer
was commanded to guard them
carefully. 24 When he received these
orders, he put them in the inner cell
and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight
Paul and Silas were
praying and singing
hymns to God, and the
other prisoners were
listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was
such a violent
earthquake that the
foundations of the
prison were shaken.
May 2010

Washington DC, USA

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Acts 16 um texas
At once all the prison doors flew
open, and everyone's chains
came loose. 27 The jailer woke
up, and when he saw the prison
doors open, he drew his sword
and was about to kill himself
because he thought the
prisoners had escaped. 28 But
Paul shouted, "Don't harm
yourself! We are all here!"
29 The jailer called
for lights, rushed in and
fell trembling before
Paul and Silas. 30 He
then brought them out
and asked, "Sirs, what
must I do to be saved?"
31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord
Jesus, and you will be saved—you and
your household." 32 Then they spoke the
word of the Lord to him and to all the
others in his house. 33 At that hour of
the night the jailer took them and
washed their wounds; then immediately
he and all his household were baptized.
34 The jailer brought them into his house
and set a meal before them; he was filled
with joy because he had come to believe
in God—he and his whole household.
35 When it was daylight, the
magistrates sent their officers to
the jailer with the order:
"Release those men." 36 The
jailer told Paul, "The
magistrates have ordered that
you and Silas be released. Now
you can leave. Go in peace."
37 But Paul said to the
officers: "They beat us
publicly without a trial, even
though we are Roman
citizens, and threw us into
prison. And now do they
want to get rid of us quietly?
No! Let them come
themselves and escort us
out."
38 The officers reported this to the
magistrates, and when they heard that
Paul and Silas were Roman citizens,
they were alarmed. 39 They came to
appease them and escorted them from
the prison, requesting them to leave
the city. 40 After Paul and Silas came
out of the prison, they went to Lydia's
house, where they met with the
believers and encouraged them. Then
they left.
The gospel of the kingdom of God
             engages with
   a colony of the empire of Caesar
Begins with the marginal
Rescues the vulnerable
Infuriates the oppressors
Loves the enemy
Confronts injustice
Sings, prays, and evangelizes
Internal spiritual formation in the way
of Jesus ...


is expressed through participation with
the Spirit


in the liberation of children, women,
and men ...
    starting with the weakest and least
      and continuing to those in power.
When do we talk
about saving the
         world?
Acts 16 um texas
Acts 16 um texas
The Lord’s Prayer


1. God, who makes us
 one family …

2. May Your unspeakable
 Name be revered.
3. Now, here on earth
 may Your
 commonwealth come.

4. On earth as in
 heaven may Your will
 be done.
5. Give us today our
 bread for today.

4. Forgive us our
 wrongs as we forgive.
3. Lead us away from
 the perilous trial.

2. Liberate us from the
 evil.
1.For the kingdom is
 yours and yours alone.
2. The power is yours and
 yours alone.
3.The glory is yours and
 yours alone.
4.Now and forever, amen.
5. Now, here on earth may your
  commonwealth come.
4. Here on earth may your
  dreams come true.
3. Hallelujah
2. Hallelujah
1. Amen.

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Acts 16 um texas

  • 10. We talk a lot about saving the church.
  • 11. When do we talk about saving the world?
  • 14. What’s missing today is a high-quality discourse on rethinking the design and evolution of the entire system from scratch. - Otto Scharmer
  • 15. The quality of results produced by any system depends on the quality of awareness from which the people in the system operate. (Otto Scharmer)
  • 19. Death Resurrection
  • 20. Letting Go Letting Come
  • 21. Letting go what was ... Letting come what will be ... Being where we are
  • 22. When do we talk about saving the world?
  • 23. Mission in a world in crisis: Planet - unsustainable way of life Poverty - growing gap between rich minority & poor majority Peace - spread of weapons Religion - not helping with #1-3
  • 24. 4 global emergencies... 1. Planet The Human Conventional View God created the world as perfect, Emerging View God created the world as good, but Situation: What but because our primal human beings – as individuals, and as 2. Poverty is the story that ancestors, Adam and Eve, did groups – have rebelled against God and we find not maintain the absolute filled the world with evil and injustice ourselves in? perfection demanded by God, like a terrible disease. God wants to save God has irrevocably determined humanity and heal it from its sickness, that the entire universe and all it but humanity is hopelessly lost and contains will be destroyed, and confused, like sheep without a shepherd, the souls of all human beings – wandering farther and farther into except for those specifically lostness and danger. Left to themselves, 3. Peace exempted – will be forever human beings will spiral downward in punished for their imperfection sickness and evil. in hell.1 Basic Since everyone is doomed to Since the human race is in such desperate Questions: What hell, Jesus seeks to answer these trouble, Jesus seeks to answer this questions did questions: how can individuals question: what must be done about the Jesus come to be saved from eternal mess we’re in? The mess refers both to answer? punishment in hell and instead the general human condition and its go to heaven after they die? How specific outworking among his 4. Religion can God help individuals be contemporaries: living under domination happy and successful until then? by the Roman empire, and divided into various competing sects. Jesus’ message: Jesus says, in essence, “If you Jesus says, in essence, “Other people and How did Jesus want to be among those groups – including your own religious respond to the specifically qualified to escape leaders - are leading you farther and crisis? being forever punished for your farther astray. I have been sent by God sins in hell, you must repent of with this good news – that God loves your individual sins and believe humanity, even in its lostness and sin. that my Father punished me on God graciously invites everyone and the cross so He won’t have to anyone to question and reject what they punish you in hell. Only if you have been told and instead follow a new believe this will you go to path. Trust me and become my disciple, heaven when everyone else is and you will be transformed, and you will banished to hell.”2 This is the participate in the transformation of the good news. world, which is possible, beginning right now.”3 This is the good news. 1 Of course, there are many modern western non-religious ontologies and framing stories too, plus Eastern ontologies and framing stories – both religious and irreligious. 2 This reflects a Calvinistic Evangelical protestant version of the message. The popular Roman Catholic version might say, “You must believe in the teachings of the church and follow its instructions, especially those regarding sacraments.” The popular mainline or liberal Protestant
  • 25. Heat Solar Energy Prosperity Resources Waste Equity Security Societal Machine The Ecosystem
  • 26. Heat Solar Energy Prosperity Resources Waste Equity Security Societal Machine The Ecosystem Framing Story
  • 27. Heat Solar Energy Prosperity Resources Waste Equity Security Societal Machine Gospel/Good News Jesus’ message of the kingdom, kindom, reign, commonwealth, dream, Framing Story ecosystem, family, network, or movement of God....
  • 28. Seeing Acts in a fresh way ... Luke and Acts as one ongoing story: Acts of Jesus, Acts of the Risen Christ through the apostles
  • 29. Seeing Acts in a fresh way ... Kingdom of God - the ultimate non-dual reality: God & Creation Us & Them Now & Forever Personal/Spiritual and Public/Political
  • 30. 11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
  • 32. 13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. 15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
  • 33. 16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."
  • 34. 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
  • 35. 19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
  • 36. 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • 37. 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
  • 38. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.
  • 39. May 2010 Washington DC, USA 4.5 on richter scale (viewer discretion advsied)
  • 41. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
  • 42. 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
  • 43. 31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
  • 44. 35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." 36 The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."
  • 45. 37 But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out."
  • 46. 38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. 39 They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. 40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the believers and encouraged them. Then they left.
  • 47. The gospel of the kingdom of God engages with a colony of the empire of Caesar Begins with the marginal Rescues the vulnerable Infuriates the oppressors Loves the enemy Confronts injustice Sings, prays, and evangelizes
  • 48. Internal spiritual formation in the way of Jesus ... is expressed through participation with the Spirit in the liberation of children, women, and men ... starting with the weakest and least and continuing to those in power.
  • 49. When do we talk about saving the world?
  • 52. The Lord’s Prayer 1. God, who makes us one family … 2. May Your unspeakable Name be revered.
  • 53. 3. Now, here on earth may Your commonwealth come. 4. On earth as in heaven may Your will be done.
  • 54. 5. Give us today our bread for today. 4. Forgive us our wrongs as we forgive.
  • 55. 3. Lead us away from the perilous trial. 2. Liberate us from the evil.
  • 56. 1.For the kingdom is yours and yours alone. 2. The power is yours and yours alone. 3.The glory is yours and yours alone. 4.Now and forever, amen.
  • 57. 5. Now, here on earth may your commonwealth come. 4. Here on earth may your dreams come true. 3. Hallelujah 2. Hallelujah 1. Amen.

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