It's great. And for not doing voice over before, I think you did a great job. I only have one little thing...and it's minor. Instead of saying leading in culture - society would work better. Because culture defines society, and we all can have different cultures and still be in society. Just a nit picking detail. But that stuck in my mind. But really it's great.

@Angela Linville thanks for sharing. I would challenge one idea in this - people hear culture and will tune it out as "that doesn't apply to me" where as as people working on culture WITHIN society we have a great opportunity to influence those that are not in agreement or alignment with us to start. 'that's not my culture" is a quick way for people to tune out the message. So while I agree with the definition and idea of culture shaping society, I also think you can have multiple cultures within one society. So for me society becomes the bigger bubble and culture acts within it to shape and shift it. I look at this biblically. The prophets and Jesus worked within society to shift culture. They worked on connecting what was happening in society to the nature of their culture and offering an alternative - one that brought peace, love, success, and prosperity. Just another twist...it's all very fluid and can be interoperated many different ways. To sum up - we work within society, families, business to shape culture and shift outcomes.

They are two sides to the same coin. Dominion is not permission to dominate (as was pointed out earlier in this thread). And you cannot have dominion without stewardship. It's an AND not an OR. Dominion is mindset focused and stewardship is action focused. How we manage what we have been given dominion over is stewardships. We may steward well or poorly. We influence outcomes both near and far from us by how we steward our actions and resources. But that does not change what we have dominion over.

@Angela Linville That was what I was getting out - without maybe actually articulating it well. But I would also say, you can have dominion and poorly steward it...that will usually lead to unpleasant or undesired consequences for those involved. But dominion is not implicit of good stewardship. It should be, it ought to be, but it is not always the case. I learned a lot about this in the Reformed Church's worldview when I was in college. I am not CRC but went to a CRC based school. Like all actions stewardship is a choice. Dominion is grated by the nature of being human. Dominion in leadership is not the same as resources and creations. The only place it comes into play is with children. We are entrusted with dominion over our children, to bringing them up into this world to be good humans and followers of God. However, this is where we often see the misapplication of dominion into domination and the stewardship becomes poorly done. I have also seen pastors act from a position of dominion over a church body, rather than good servant based leadership (I call this the cult of the pastor - anytime I hear a pastor say "well, I'm the pastor, so xyzzy" I know we have a problem). In business, society, church bodies, and family - leadership is all relationships. Ideally it is Spirit driven and from a position of servant leadership. When it's not...that is when issues begin to arise and misalignment happens. and Dominion is very often misapplied and misunderstood. It's why it has become such a divisive conversation. When dominion is actuated with control - issues arise. So yes, it is a complex idea that gets mired down in dogma and theology far too often. when we break it down into what does actions within dominion look like, it gets clearer and less murky.

I am too leaning much more into the practice of intentional and structured rest. Sabbath. It has made a big difference in my family and relationships. Great reminder. Hope you had a wonderful day of rest.

@Angela Linville So challenging. I am actually in a season of purposely NOT doing. Not doing things at my desk that are not moving something forward (so no busy work or pretend work or forcing work). Not doing things in my business just because I "should" by some stander I imagined. Not doing ALL THE THINGs in the house or yard. Allowing stillness. And receiving what comes from it. It's a HUGE challenge. But it has also started to bring real reward and clarity and space I desperately needed. I have felt not just mentally better but physically so much clearer and better over all energy levels. Rest has not ever been a natural state for me. This is a learning process for sure.

Not watched the video.... Here is my two cents on the gifts of the Spirit. I 100% believe these gifts are still being given. I do think we are far more sensical and easy to dismiss things than in previous eras. We know more about everything than ever before. So it becomes harder to discern what is a gift and what is not. I know for a fact (personal experiences) that miracles happen. That demons can and are still cast out (personally witnessed more than once, also not Catholic kind). That people do speak in tongues, and signs and miracles of healing in an instant do happen. It never stopped being given. We stopped believing and trusting that it was true. We explain it away. We hide it as shameful or "snake oil." We have allowed the world to silence us. We as a church have buried those with prophetic gifts so as to not create controversy or embarrassment. The gifts have become taboo to have...so we hide them. we have become so focused on "logic" and "proving" or must understand it from a worldly view, we have forgotten to lean into these for what they are - gifts. There are secular studies done on the power of prayer. Most doing the studies cannot understand the results because they often defy logic. Yet we as Christians stay very quiet. We don't want to be viewed as weird or odd or dare I say crazy. Christianity has become a "bad" word in the world. Especially in political circles. So we collectively have gotten smaller over the years. Quieter. We hide in our churches. We turn down the volume. And we explain away or silence these gifts as too risky. I read something the other day that said - instead of preparing for the anti-christ, we should be preparing for Chris's arrival. These are not the same thing. I think that this gift conversation falls into this idea. When we start to believe these gifts are available and given - we will see them manifested more and more. This is preparing FOR Christ. Using our gifts. Embracing our different. I could go on, but I will stop here.

Did this on the other post, not sure which one it is supposed to be on...so I will do it twice. Hello, I thought I had done an intro, but I am not able to find it...so if this is a repeat I apologize. I live in St Pete FL - it's gorgeous and lovely and pretty much paradise. I am married to a fantastic human - my husband William. I have two teens and two dogs. Life is full and fun and always changing yet always the same. I found this group through @Lisa Vanderveen. Been working with her for 6 months and boy, oh, boy - it's been something! Lots of major shifts and clarity. I am working on deciding what I want my life, business, and everything else to look like and be. Leaning into listening better to Holy Spirit's directions and nudges. Less forcing it myself. I am a B2B consultant that helps companies with People Process - I help them Next Level their people focused processes, build servant leadership, and improve company culture so people want to work with them and stay once hired. Scaling by adding team and/or employees can be really hard and scary. I provide a simple, stress reducing way to make work better for everyone. I am active, love to work out, hang out with friends and family, and be totally by myself. I read ravenously - fiction and personal development. I am glad to be here. Finding communities to discuss faith and God and how it all fits in this crazy messed up world is not easy. Look forward to getting to know you all.