Field notes and framework essays.
The writing is where the testimony argument becomes concrete: definitions, field notes, book-path ideas, and working language for the ventures.
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Some writing is best entered by thread: testimony frameworks, story experiments, and recurring lenses that keep returning with more force.
Reading the News
Readings of current events through testimony and practical frameworks.
- A reading of the newsA good deed can have more than one reason
- A reading of the newsA public path begins with a public question
- A reading of the newsGive the plant a name
Frameworks
Essays explaining the frameworks and how to use them.
- The full framework · Kingdom RochambeauWhat Our Gifts Become When We Stop Using Them to Win
- The full framework · Meaning Quotient / Five CsThe Different Things We Mean by Meaningful Work
- The full framework · Three EconomiesThe Economies of Work, Home, and God
Testimony
Collected writing from this thread, gathered in one place.
- Pillar postWhat is testimony?
- Pillar postPresence as KPI
- Pillar postClean fuel, dirty fuel
Barbra Sessions
A satirical therapy-room series where modern Barbara counsels Bible characters one session at a time.
- Barbra SessionsNaamah at The Second Dove
- Barbra SessionsAbel’s Letter from Section A1
- Barbra SessionsDelilah in the Ramada Lounge
Fractal
Essays that trace a pattern across microbial, personal, and institutional life, then ask what the pattern reveals about testimony, transformation, and flourishing.
- FractalStability as a Myth: Leading in Chaos
- FractalDisequilibrium and the Anatomy of Resilience
- FractalThe Top Ten Most Disturbing Microbial Realities
Field notes and book paths.
Shorter posts hold book notes, concept sketches, and connective tissue between the ventures as the larger work becomes clearer.
Some writing belongs with the ventures.
The blog holds the argument. The Ventures page organizes the sites, concepts, and book projects that grow from it.
See book projects