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, February 3, 2023
"The High Cost Of Transparency" - JR Everhart
That’s my sin hanging on the cross of Calvary. It’s a symbolic display of all my darkness and evil placed on the shoulders of innocence and kindness. Though ultimately it was my Heavenly Father who sacrificed / executed Jesus, it was the weight of my sin that killed him. I was part of the mob crying out - "Crucify him!" - every time I refused to walk away from sin in my life. I was the one that helped set a murderer free (Barabass) instead of Jesus, because he stood in the way of the things I loved so much about this world. I was the evil ruler who doubted his truth. It was me that spit in the face of God and said “only I can know what is truly right and wrong in this world…” that if God loved me he’d stop judging my selfish desires, which is the only shred of comfort I can find from my trauma and pain. I’m the one melting down my treasures God blessed me with to mold it into the God of my choosing. Into the thing I worship over God's distant and vague “relationship”. I then certainly mocked Jesus with my rebellion and twisted his truth to align with my own, exactly like the Pharisees did their law. A little twist here and a little twist there, deforming God's requests for holiness into a perverted gospel that speaks religious dogma, only benefiting those lost in their own lustful pride for life. My eyes are never satisfied and my heart holds nothing sacred. I betrayed my brother and raped my sister while Jesus stood at the door of my heart knocking. So, before I can ride my religious high horse into the sunset of sin, I must first stare into the face of what scares the hell out of me… Truth!
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
You Are An Independent Contractor Within Samson Society
When I worked from '06 - '12 within a State of Mississippi position (staff architect), there was an independent contractor who'd been assigned to our division to provide procurement assistance (consultancy) relative to a comprehensive project management software package. The purpose of this software was to digitize the procurement procedure we were mandated to follow (that had been for decades / was being executed solely on paper). That procedure was mind-numbingly fastidious, as it should have been. We were, after all, spending millions upon millions of dollars of State of Mississippi bond monies (planning / constructing / renovating state-owned buildings). Hence, each and every step had to be signed off on by multiple departments, as the paperwork moved from person to person to person (until finally reaching the Director's inbox).
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Being (Intentionally) Groomed
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.