Posts by Tyler Dirks

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Shepherding People Who Can’t Get Along

by Tyler Dirks

Years ago I arranged the content below in an effort to help some people repair a broken relationship. It didn’t work. The people decided not to repent and reconcile, and they haven’t spoken to each other for over 3 years now. However, perhaps God used that volatile & estranging situation to organize and publish the […]

Jegar Sahadutha / Galeed …Mizpah

by Tyler Dirks

Have you ever been in a situation where someone stopped regarding you with favor? And God told you to leave the presence of that person? So you gather up your wives and concubines and livestock, and you leave. But then the person you’re fleeing from follows you for 7 days to confront you. And God […]

relentlessly, imaginatively, curiously

by Tyler Dirks

Here is the most recent text exchange between BFW and I: Yesterday, 5:45 PM Bronco: Even though you don’t officially hold the rising adult position anymore :-)… I still have you on my calendar for tomorrow. I cannot do lunch, but if you want to meet up for breakfast, Sammies at Common Market, I’m game. […]

A Book That’ll Imaginatively Immerse You In The Story of Jeremiah

by Tyler Dirks

I recommend you read THIS BOOK. Below you will find an assemblage of quotations from the book to get you excited. “We underestimate God and we overestimate evil. We don’t see what God is doing and conclude that he is doing nothing. We see everything that evil is doing and think it is in control […]

Beer-lahai-roi

by Tyler Dirks

Once upon a time there was a couple who couldn’t have kids. The wife cajoled her husband into having intimate relations with her servant (for she thought, “It may be that I shall obtain children by her.”). The husband yielded to his wife’s execrable naggings. The servant conceived a child, and for the first time […]

What The Boss Said…

by Tyler Dirks

Here are the primary takeaways from my morning meeting with The Boss today… Elders must hold firm to sound doctrine and the trustworthy Word as taught and emphasized by Jesus of Nazareth. The protocols, norms, and decorums of American Christianity don’t get to dictate what is truly and forcibly meant by ‘sound doctrine’, but rather […]

Missive to Peeps in Colossae

by Tyler Dirks

A couple of days ago I read an account of Jesus having a breakfast meeting with His friends around a campfire. So last night before bed I checked the weather and saw that the temp was forecast to be 57 degrees in the morning, and I resolved to have my morning breakfast meeting with The […]

A Mother’s Complaint Against Jesus

by Tyler Dirks

I am writing to express my concern and distress regarding the “rabbi” Jesus of Nazareth. My son has never been the brightest crayon in the box, and I have always been worried about people preying on him and leading him astray. My husband and I have worked very hard to provide a prosperous and protected […]

John 6

by Tyler Dirks

Here’s a highlight reel from John 6. “Let’s serve dinner to thousands of people.” – Jesus of Nazareth “Yeah! Definitely! There’s a kid over there with a Lunchable, maybe we can ask him to share with everyone! It’ll be an epic feast!” – Andrew (said as a joke, and probably with some irritable sarcasm). “Bingo! […]

Affirming Your Humanity

by Tyler Dirks

A friend of mine recently reminded me of a paragraph from a past blog post. The paragraph reads: Jesus hates it when we attempt to have Him on our terms. Jesus will not tolerate our agenda to reduce Him to anything less than our Maker and Master. Jesus withdraws because we want to neuter and […]