The Notes with Andrew Nemr

This week I explore a framework for deep change. Improvisation, choice-making, impact, and ideas of goodness all come to bear. References are made to Jimmy Slyde , the art project and course What We Leave Behind , and Nuach . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notes.andrewnemr.com/subscribe

Who are the kinds of people that would be found in the Kingdom of Heaven – this unseen world in which what God wants to happen actually happens? I try to find words as I work out this question. Episode LINKS: * Gregory Hines * What We Leave Behind * The Book of Matthew, Chapter 5 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit n...

Continuing thinking about worlds, the question of governance arises. What, or better, who gets to decide what happens, or how things happen? Their character is of central importance. Here’s a link to my endeavor in defining love . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notes.andrewnemr.com/subscribe

What is it like to envision change? Imagine living in an entirely different world. What kind of world would we aim to live in (if not the one we experience around us), and how might we get there? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notes.andrewnemr.com/subscribe

This week I describe a challenge I’m facing as I continue to walk through the process of transformation, post-burnout. That is the habit of speed. Speed of listening, thinking, and acting, have all come to be challenges to the very process of changing. Not inherently evil, these habits of speed still pose a stumbling block to my continued journey towards ongoing rest. The slowness that I’ve experi...

In this third installment exploring my experience with burnout, I explore the connection between repetitive stress injuries, training as an improviser, and Bill Murray’s Ground Hog Day. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notes.andrewnemr.com/subscribe

This week, I continue the journey out of burnout with a phrase I used to interrupt my habit of jumping in. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit notes.andrewnemr.com/subscribe

This week, I revisit a key question that helped (and continues to help) me rethink my expectations, goals, and output in light of my own personality and formation. LINKS: Positional Blessing - a note about relational position. MORE: Do you have a question you like asking? I’m curious. If you’re willing to share a question that has helped guide your journey, post it in the comments below. This is a...

How do we think of the people we share our lives with? How does our conception of our family, friends, work colleagues, and acquaintances affect us and how we show up? How would these questions shape our lives when applied to God? Here are quick links to last weeks note and talking note , mentioned in this episode. A Word of Thanks This is my last note for 2021. I’m taking the next two weeks to re...

What does it mean to choose to be in relationship? How do we think about it when it comes to all the relationships we are involved in? How does this affect how we think about God? LINKS * The Psalms in Dialogue * More writing about the context of relationship * More about my experience of massive burnout * Goldenwood - Listening Journeys * A personal conviction of what I believe This is a public e...

I’m trying something new here as some recent notes have been gaining some attention. I don’t want time or medium to be a hinderance to sharing the idea. So, here is the note in audio format. This is the pilot episode, and audio recordings take some time to get right, so let me know if you like the idea, format, and delivery. I’ll work to make it better :-) This is a public episode. If you'd like t...