The Hoffman Process

Reflecting on my week at Hoffman this morning, I am still so unbelievably grateful for the tools that move me from awareness to experience, then to compassion, and finally, new behavior (change). It’s what Hoffman calls the cycle of transformation. I thank God for ALL of these gifts/tools.  

In Christianity, the moment I encountered Christ and acknowledged my human condition before God, and invited Him into my life/heart, I was transformed by the gift of salvation. Yet, I still live in a flawed human body in a broken world.   

I encountered God at Hoffman in ways I had not imagined. I didn’t join a cult, and Hoffman is not my God. I am just so very grateful for things in this world that God uses to continue that transformation process—the transformation that enables us to live the lives we were meant to live.   

I told someone recently that I will never go back to allowing someone(s) interpretation of Scriptures or life or meaning to define the way I choose to live OR LOVE. 

Every pastor, every person, is a flawed human being. Some of us get it right sometimes, but NONE of us get it right all the time.   

I’ve lived my whole life in fear. Fear of not belonging. Fear of rejection. Fear of success and fear of failure. Fear of man and fear of myself. 

God. I’m. Not. Living. Like. That. Anymore.   

I’m not walking away from friendships or the Church — just the opposite. I’m so free to live and love. It’s just going to look very different than it has before.