Celebrating 100 Posts!!!

A Map for Our Journey Thus Far.

To celebrate our 100th post and almost 600 subscriptions on this channel, I have unlocked all previous posts for everyone to enjoy. Check them out using the guide map below. For our next one hundred posts, Thursday posts will be accessible to everyone, but Sundays will be exclusive to paid subscribers of MakeGoodHappen with Randy Lovejoy.com.

My platform began with the idea that I could help people struggling with church to continue to move forward in their faith. The idea has adjusted slightly after 100 posts to almost 600 subscribers. It is now, “How do we keep going deeper with Jesus, inside or outside institutional religion, in our time of institutional dysfunction?” This is the question behind all of the posts on this Substack platform. But, like the London Underground, the more points of contact the more a map is needed. Let me add a map to these previous big-picture descriptions of the site:

• The Attic: What We Will Do Together on Substack (August 27, 2023)

• What Do I Read Next: A Substack Chronology (Sept. 15, 2023)

• Cultivating Curiosity: What We Will Do Together on Substack (March 22, 2024)

There are three major sections on “MakeGoodHappen with Randy Lovejoy.” New Commentary (28 posts) equips us to apply the Scriptures to everyday life. Compendium (19 posts) introduces us to people, words, and phrases from the past that inform today’s journey with Jesus. The Next Step (47 posts) focuses on practical ways to move forward.

As I highlighted in The Attic, this site is an opportunity for you to root around the various posts that are most important for you today. But there is a “method to my madness,” a way to look at the stops along the three major sections to help you find your way. Enjoy!

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• New Commentary

  • 14 posts on reading the Bible well entitled “Essential Skills for the Journey with Jesus:” (May 30-July 13, 2024)

  • Additional Posts on particular Scriptures:

    • The Prodigal Son

    • The Lord’s Prayer (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three) (Part Four)

    • Psalm 67

    • Psalm 119:1-2

    • The Fear of the Lord (Proverbs)

    • Isaiah 66

    • Lamentations 3:22-23

    • Jonah (Overview) (Before you Read) (Application)

    • Ruth (Introduction) (Application)

    • Matthew 22:11-13

    • Mark 11:12-25 (First of Seven posts)

    • Luke 12:13-14

    • Luke 23:34a

• Compendium

  • Entries:

    • No. 1: “Compendium”

    • No. 2: “The Lord’s Prayer”

    • No. 3: “Duty”

    • No. 4: “Christmas”

    • No. 5: “Mirth”

    • No. 6: “Superstition”

    • No. 7: “Redeem”

  • Quick Biographies

    • “Sarah Hale”

    • “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

    • (1) “Mary McLeod Bethune” (2) (Spiritual autobiography)

    • “Bridget ‘Biddy’ Mason”

    • “J.L. ‘Sin Killer’ Griffin”

  • Quotes:

    • #1: “Christianity Opens the Enlightened Mind”

    • #2: “A Jew, An Arab and a Woman”

    • #3: “Fuel for the Journey”

    • #4: “Two for the Holiday Season”

    • #5: “Good Thinking”

    • #6: “A Christmas Quote”

• The Next Step

  • Topics:

    • The Church and Institutional Religions

      • Three Assumptions we make about the church.

      • If You’re Struggling with the Church, You’re Not Alone.

      • What is Christianity?

      • Now What? Ideas and Advice for Those Struggling with the Church.

    • Who Do You Want to Be? (Part 1) (Part 2)

    • Responding to Life. (Beauty: Part 1) (A Brush with Death: Part 2)

    • Charlatans: (Pt 1: People to Avoid) (Pt 2: Leaders to Avoid ) (Pt 3: Influencers to Avoid) (Pt 4: Saviors to Avoid).

    • My Life: (No. 1) (No. 2) (No. 3) (No. 4)

    • A Christian’s Habits: (The first of 15 posts from October 20th to March 7, 2024)

    • The Stages of Life (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

    • The Goblins Won’t Win

    • A Pre-Election Reflection

    • The Birthday Gift

    • Questions Worth Pursuing

    • On Writing: Focus

  • Two Podcasts

  • Journal Entries

    • #1: “Social Change”

  • Recommended Reading:

    • “Summer Reading Recommendations” (2024)

    • “The Lantern-Bearers” (Remembering the wonder of life with Robert Louis Stevenson) (Part One)

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