Last year we looked at each of the Oscar nominated Best Picture Films and ranked them related to the prevalence of shame in the film. We created a “Shame-Meter” that ranks films 0-10, with 0 being no shamed loneliness and 10 being abusive and de-humanizing shame and painful brain loneliness. It was surprising just how […]
Holidays and family gatherings can be amazing–but they can also be awkward, difficult and even toxic. Is there anything that we can do? Sure. Check it out.
Dr. Bill Senyard preaching to Urban Life Centurion Church (Johannesburg, S.A.) October 6, 2019. Based upon Jesus parable in Matt 18: 21-35. Bill suggests that we have truly messed this topic up resulting in generation of shamed Christians who can’t and won’t truly forgive. There is another way.
Gospel Rant: How to preach the Simple Uncluttered Gospel to Enneagram #7s, the Enthusiast. Featuring Allie Senyard.
Gospel Rant: How to preach the Simple Uncluttered Gospel to Enneagram #6s, the Loyalist or Guardian. Featuring Allie Senyard.
In this Gospel Rant series, Bill asks if your church is more Guilt-Innocence or Honor-Shame. Your answer has serious ramifications regarding your innate ability to re-engage Millennials or more importantly, how effective you might be witnessing to both Millennials and Gen Z, half the US population today.
This is the beginning of a new and critical series of the Gospel Rant. Borrowing a page from missions, Bill asks if your church is more Guilt-Innocence or Honor-Shame. Your answer has serious ramifications regarding your innate ability to re-engage Millennials or more importantly, how effective you might be witnessing to both Millennials and Gen Z, half the US population today.
Gospel Rant: How to preach the Simple Uncluttered Gospel to Enneagram #5s, the Investigator. Featuring Allie Senyard.
Have you seen the recent Jillian Jacobs Diet Coke commercial? Check it out on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEpuN7tRFRU). “Look, Here’s the thing about Diet Coke. (She takes a drink) It’s delicious! It makes me feel good. Life is short. If you want to live in a yurt, yurt it up. If you want to run a […]
What can these two Best Picture Nominated films tell us about our shame and what shame can do to a culture? You just might be surprised. We will bring out our Shame Meter and see what it says.
