Our Core Values
Purpouse Driven
I believe we all want to live a life that is meaningful and has purpose. A life that is important to us, and to those closest to us. I believe that we need to figure out first how we define a meaningful existence and what this looks like. I believe this starts with a comprehensive undertaking of self-exploration, self-reflection and taking a full inventory of our values and morals and reconciling our lived experiences against our belief system. We need to think deeply and honestly about who we are, what we believe and how these things are impacted by and also inform our beliefs. Then we need to understand how our beliefs influence our lives and how we interact with the world around us.
Many people understand that they have strong and sound values in life, and have felt deeply convicted by these values at times to move in ways that align with good and meaningful intentions. These individuals are often driven to find and make sound judgments and wise decisions by distinguishing between what is good, true, and beneficial, to themselves and also to others. I am a firm believer that when we actually sit down and take an honest look at our lives in the context of how we interact with the world, and make affirmative choices about how these choices interact with and align with our values, specifically our spiritual, ethical and moral values, we can begin to make meaningful changes in our lives that will lead to a closer walk with God and to live a happier and much more peaceful life.
Spiritual and Faith Based Perspective
We believe that everyone has the right to hear and have access to the word of God through scripture and have the opportunity to come to know Christ in their own life. I am also reminded several times in scripture that it is not my place to judge or condemn anyone, only God is allowed to pass judgment. We are open and accepting of the fact that by nature we are all sinners and as such are susceptible to making sinful choices, but only God has the power to judge and condemn the sinner.
We should not ever arbitrarily make judgements and offer condemnation toward anyone and we have been commanded by God to love others like we love ourselves. We are never permitted to hate, oppress or condemn anyone because the live differently than us.
All of us know the trials and tribulations that happen as Christians as we continue to exist is this world walking in faith. We all know that our direction and progress is never linear and many times, we can fall down, get lost and step away from God, especially when things get hard. We know that our road is fraught with challenges and doubt. One day we can feel really strong in our convictions, and then other days we can feel lost and alone. But we all understand that challenges are necessary as they are used by God to test our faith, increase our strength, sharpen our focus on Him, and refine our wisdom, to build perseverance and increase our patience.
We also believe that each person who makes the choice to walk with Christ is going to come to an interpersonal understanding on their own about their short comings and will gain a profoundly beneficial self-awareness into their sinful nature and where they fall short in living the kind of life that God calls all of us to live. This only happens through a very deep and personal relationship with God. It will be through this personal relationship with Christ that the sinner will stand in judgment and will be personally convicted to make meaningful changes.
If you are a true Christian, in your heart, in your mind and are walking in faith with Christ, we are directed to speak kindly to others, forgive and accept others and love thy neighbor.
I want to make it very clear; there is no place for hate in Christianity. There are a lot of self-proclaimed Christians out there who choose to openly hate and openly spread hateful and destructive narratives and offer condemnation very freely, assuming they have such authority to do so. If want to engage in and spew any type of hate rhetoric or attempt to spin or endorse any hateful narrative, then this is NOT the place for you. We are all Gods child subject to the same laws and judgments that God has outlined in scripture, but He alone is the only one that has the authority to judge, convict and condemn the sinner. I am not asking you to be tolerant, I am asking you to follow Gods directive and withhold your judgement.
One thing I can assure all of you, with a great deal of certainty, is that if there is someone involved in this community, if they are in our groups or a part of our organization, then they are on their own personal walk with Christ and have been corrected or redirected and called through divine intercession. They may be on a new path to self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment fostered by divine intervention. We need to greet them with open and loving arms and minds, ready to help guide and direct them on their personal journey with God and offer forgiveness and acceptance.
Faith and Diversity
Everyone deserves a safe space to discuss, process and heal from trauma and be afforded the opportunity to learn and grow beyond the healing process. We are open to all Christians, regardless of race, cultural background or identity and we expect this space to be open and respectful for all who join us. We are all sinners; it is not my place to judge or condemn someone else, or yours, for their transgressions or because the of their past or where they come from or because of the road that they chose to take, that may have led them away from God and his plan. It is our primary goal to help integrate clean spiritual living with God as our central focus and putting Him first in our lives, so that each of us has the opportunity to walk in faith and not in the world.
If some one is here to join us in the healing process, they have made the choice to connected with us because they are trying to figure out what’s next for them, they have decided they would like to connect and either know more about God and His forgiveness and healing, or they already know and have come home to reconnect with God. We all have made bad choices, we have all strayed, but God did not give up on us.
This is not a forum for any type of political debates or discourse. Political discussions and dialog are strictly prohibited due to the Incendiary, hostile, dishonest and divisive nature of the political climate. This includes candidate endorsement, political party endorsement, political ideological endorsements, party affiliations or policy debates. Promoting any hate rhetoric or engaging in or endorsement of and hate narrative is strictly prohibited.
This is a community of Christians on a journey to healing and recovery from trauma and mental health related issues, and politics has no place in the healing process or within the framework of the work we are doing and the outcomes we desire for each of us. Nor does it have any relevance in the context of spiritual growth and development.
Values and Moral Perspective
Charater
Values, Morals and Ethical Perspectives
Meaningful
Charter is defined in a way that it becomes a deeply personal insight into who we are as people. Character is the truest reflection of who we are, the very essence of the collective and cumulative nature of our values. Character is the very fabric of our being and at the very core of our ability to be a good, kind, purposeful, empathetic
Charter is defined in a way that it becomes a deeply personal insight into who we are as people. Character is the truest reflection of who we are, the very essence of the collective and cumulative nature of our values. Character is the very fabric of our being and at the very core of our ability to be a good, kind, purposeful, empathetic and compassionate person. A culmination of a lifetime of good moral upbringing, learned kindness, a strong agreement to love and care about others and love one another.
Character is also about being the best version of ourselves when there is no one else around. It’s about doing the right thing when no one is around, when no one is present to see it. It’s about being a good person, and doing the right thing away from and removed from the presence of others. It is about doing something to make a positive change, but not for the accolades or the praise, not for the pat on the back, or the thank you that might come along with our intentional act. Our only reward might be the deep and personal internal sense of personal fulfillment. But we intentionally remain humble and quiet about our deed. We are not about accepting the gratitude from others or expecting the thank you that likely comes with any act or good deed.
Meaningful
Values, Morals and Ethical Perspectives
Meaningful
I believe we all want to live a life that is meaningful and has purpose. A life that is important to us, and to those closest to us. I believe that we need to figure out first how we define a meaningful existence and what this looks like. I believe this starts with a comprehensive undertaking of self-exploration, self-reflection and takin
I believe we all want to live a life that is meaningful and has purpose. A life that is important to us, and to those closest to us. I believe that we need to figure out first how we define a meaningful existence and what this looks like. I believe this starts with a comprehensive undertaking of self-exploration, self-reflection and taking a full inventory of our values and morals and reconciling our lived experiences against our belief system. We need to think deeply and honestly about who we are, what we believe and how these things are impacted by and also inform our beliefs. Then we need to understand how our beliefs influence our lives and how we interact with the world around us.
Many people understand that they have strong and sound values in life, and have felt deeply convicted by these values at times to move in ways that align with good and meaningful intentions. These individuals are often driven to find and make sound judgments and wise decisions by distinguishing between what is good, true, and beneficial, to themselves and also to others. I am a firm believer that when we actually sit down and take an honest look at our lives in the context of how we interact with the world, and make affirmative choices about how these choices interact with and align with our values, specifically our spiritual, ethical and moral values, we can begin to make meaningful changes in our lives that will lead to a closer walk with God and to live a happier and much more peaceful life.
Values, Morals and Ethical Perspectives
Values, Morals and Ethical Perspectives
Values, Morals and Ethical Perspectives
In life we develop a set of core values that are the foundational building blocks of who we are and how we interact with the people around us and in the world. The very basic fundamental beliefs that should guide our behavior, are honesty, integrity, compassion, respect, responsibility, courage, fairness, accountability and creativity. Fo
In life we develop a set of core values that are the foundational building blocks of who we are and how we interact with the people around us and in the world. The very basic fundamental beliefs that should guide our behavior, are honesty, integrity, compassion, respect, responsibility, courage, fairness, accountability and creativity. For many of us, we also consider our faith walk to be a core value, as we need to include spirituality in this list as faith and our beliefs can have a profound impact on our understanding of things, informing our ability to discern what is right or wrong and generating wisdom as we grow. In life we all have choices to make. We are all faced with situations in life that require us to reflect on how these issues align with our core values. Most choices we make will be made in the context of and guided by our value systems. We strive to what is right and good, no matter that challenges or adversities that exist.
It is within our own personal sets of values that we then develop and build our moral standing in the world. We make choices that are largely informed by our values, like doing the right thing and not doing the wrong things. It informs our decisions to be honest and open, authentic and true. Our moral code informs our desire to follow the rules, act with integrity and act with compassion and understanding.
We can choose to do the right thing, or the wrong thing. We can choose to live in the world or life in our faith. What ever our choices are, we make our choices based on our moral understanding of what is good or bad and what is right or wrong. These choices are part of our core values system that inform how we feel about things and how we choose to interact with people and in situations around us. There are often times, when there is not a crystal clear and definitive choice to make. This is when we rely on the wisdom gained over the years, and we trust in our selves and lean into our faith to help guide our choices. We know for sure hurting others is wrong, and it feels very wrong at our very core. We want to be kind and nice and helpful. We know that we have the choice to be helpful, share love, offer respect and see others as genuinely kind and caring people.