Recommended reading: Parasocial Relationships Are Just Imaginary Friends for Adults - The Atlantic
Some veteran Jackson Mississippi Samson guys' musings, recommended resources, and Samson Society news / updates (all written by 100% Grade A - Human Intelligence)
Weekly meetings available to you are as follows:
Tuesday at 6:30 PM, Truitt Baptist Church - Pearl. Call Matt Flint at (601) 260-8518 or email him at matthewflint.makes@gmail.com.
Wednesday at 6:00 PM, First Baptist Church Jackson - Summit Counseling Suite - 431 North State St. Jackson. Call Don Waller at 601-946-1290 or email him at don@wallerbros.com.
Monday at 6:30 PM , Vertical Church - 521 Gluckstadt Road Madison, MS 39110. Mr. Roane Hunter, facilitator, LifeWorks Counseling.
Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Crossgates Baptist Church. Brandon Reach out to Matthew Lehman at (601)-214-4077 for further info.
Sunday night at 6:00 PM, Grace Crossing Baptist Church - 598 Yandell Rd. Canton. Call Joe McCalman at 601-201-5608 or email him at cookandnoonie@gmail.com.
Friday, April 7, 2023
The Ultimate Parasocial (Imaginary Friend) Relationship(s) - An Explicit One OR 5K Unassuming (Fully Clothed) Ones?
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
What Is One of The Necessary Roles Of Journalism? To Promote Decency (Whilst HOPEFULLY Making You Think)
Illinois woman discovers dead husband in closet months after disappearance | Fox News
Hoarding is an extreme form of obsessing over oneself / one's inner thoughts. It's a deep-seated bondage relative to one's psyche that manifests itself via chronic, compulsive consumption (purchase & stockpiling) of goods. Oftentimes, for a hoarder, the cable television channel QVC or the URL, Craigslist / eBay, is on par with Internet porn for a Samson guy.
Hoarding is exploiting one's individual rights (related to consuming) within epidemic proportions. It is being the ultimate PERSONAL advocate to such a degree that no one else's "well-being" is of concern except your own.
Nonetheless...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Nondescript Samson Guy
The greatest gift I've yet to receive in Samson Society was given to me by Silas (1.0).
Monday, March 6, 2023
Me Being At Peace As A Mississippian & My Pity For Our Misfits / Outcasts
I've been dubbed "Mississippi Rob" since I chose to join "Make Thursdays Great Again" back in December of '21. I like the moniker, but mainly due to how it's grounded me instantly within this hopelessness-saturated corner of the USA.
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Was I Making A Selfish, Irresponsible Move Or Not?
Your grown ass man brain is best served by a consciousness that practically protects it from emotional harm. You have a God-given skull to protect it from impact / falls, but emotional harm, your skull cannot guard against. Instead, it's up to your consciousness to recognize that risk and manage it accordingly (to the best of its ability / within reason).
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Re-Do This For Me, My Brother, & Let Not My (Or Your) Experience Be Anything Other Than My (Your) Very Own (Part 2)
Part 1 can be found here.
Another Samson Society "Men's Intensive" weekend just wrapped up in rural Holmes County, MS today. I drove out there this afternoon to retrieve one of the attendees who needed a lift to JAN for a flight out. This was the exact time of year I attended a "Deer Camp" weekend - at that exact location - back in 2014. During the few minutes I was there this afternoon, I was able to see firsthand how the compound's many expansions have paid dividends relative bolstering a true sense of place. There's now a sizable bathhouse, a lovely, covered seating area, and an impressive multi-purpose space (under construction, but very close to completion). As such, this venue truly is maturing into more of a proper religious retreat center, relative to its amenities and functionality, versus coming across more as a franchise location for the Branch Davidians.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Find A Way To Exploit Hope(fulness) As A Means To Strengthen Your Resolve To Choose Something Other Than Porn
My favorite attribute of my oldest daughter is her choosing to be hopeful. She's wired opportunistically / positively, and it's infectious, and this certainly points her in the direction of her forecasting to be as such. When you first meet her, her positive wiring might come across as trite, but it doesn't take long to realize that she's working her grey matter towards being a genuinely hopeful young lady.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Resolving With The Intimidator
This past weekend I attempted to reenact the workshop I lead at the 2022 National Samson Society Retreat (2022 Virtual Retreat). I wasn't convinced going in that Zoom could facilitate well enough for this to occur, but I was wrong. It worked beautifully.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Tribal(ism). America (Samson Society?) As Uganda / Haiti.
Tribalism is a word I never had any use for 'till recently. Nonetheless, I believe it's becoming more and more relevant to present day western society. Tribalism is a word that's rooted in survival. That makes it quite different from other words that pertain to groups / grouping together. A tribe is a unit that you depend on for sustenance. Hence, it's overall exceedingly important to maintain / support / identify with without substantial loss occurring.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The Isolating Distortion That's Ushered In Via Paranoia
Paranoid people have a propensity to twist almost everything you do for them. They'll do the same with whatever you say to or about them (even if it's obviously said in harmless fun). Like the definition states above: "They take nothing at face value".
Friday, September 23, 2022
Insinuating The Ultimatum / Rerun relationship
My first Silas relationship was one that cross pollinated (he and I served each other as Silases) despite the fact that we were not (yet - by a long shot) integrated into Samson Society. And this was because we weren't privy to it (this was 2010 / 2011 / 2012). Nonetheless, we knew exactly what we both wanted from the friendship for we were both struggling mightily with compulsive sexual sin (porn consumption).
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Intrigued / Taken Aback By One Heck Of A Barrel-Chested Pastor
Friday, September 2, 2022
Denying Yourself & Making Faithfulness (To Christ) Your Highest Priority
Losing my campus architect job from Delta State University proved devastating to me emotionally. For it was an environment I found challenging, energetic and perfectly suited for someone of my professional skillset (plus it was my dad's alma mater). I cannot overstate here how satisfied I was with this administrative position. It was September of 2013 when the termination occurred, right around this time of year (late summer transitioning into early fall). Though I'd only been employed there for one year, I'd spent countless hours of overtime (mostly weekends) shoring up the position of Campus Architect (at the expense of my family / personal life), all of which had resulted in some needed stability / restored confidence within the Physical Plant.