tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post4270970184313181540..comments2023-05-14T07:51:18.017-05:00Comments on The Suburban Christian: He is risen indeed!Al Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-51461176475182630922007-04-16T08:29:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:29:00.000-05:00Heroclix. Basically just DC characters - there are...Heroclix. Basically just DC characters - there are way too many to keep up with, so I sold off all my Marvel figures a while ago.Al Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-19889440417896558822007-04-12T23:00:00.000-05:002007-04-12T23:00:00.000-05:00Ok, I have to ask - what game do you collect?Ok, I have to ask - what game do you collect?ScottBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351891814953244831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-38310204938172522902007-04-10T18:49:00.000-05:002007-04-10T18:49:00.000-05:00Al -- Wow! Thanks for the info, and the link. That...Al -- Wow! Thanks for the info, and the link. That helps a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-9698461657954367772007-04-10T08:02:00.000-05:002007-04-10T08:02:00.000-05:00I just updated the post to link to a description o...I just updated the post to link to a description of the Enneagram Seven - you can also find out more at http://www.9types.com/Al Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-38938197199930168992007-04-10T07:55:00.000-05:002007-04-10T07:55:00.000-05:00The Enneagram is a personality type thing that has...The Enneagram is a personality type thing that has nine basic archetypes. It has roots in antiquity and is not as psychologically based as the Myers-Briggs. Christian versions of the Enneagram correlate the nine personality types with nine primary characteristics of God, like his love, his creativity, his power, etc., saying that different people tend to image one of these traits. And each of them also have a flip side, a vice that is the inverse of the virtue (which correlate with the seven deadly sins plus two others).<BR/><BR/>So, for example, Fours are the creative types and reflect God's creativity. But the downside is that creative types can invest too much identity in their creative work and thus are more prone to envy. Ones image God's goodness, excellence and rightness and are often champions for justice, but they tend toward anger and perfectionism. I'm a Seven, whose main trait is joy, and I take delight in God's creation and human experience. The flip side of that is gluttony - not that I just want to stuff myself full of food, but that I want to try everything and collect everything because I don't want to miss out on any experience. <BR/><BR/>I've found the Enneagram a helpful tool, like the Myers-Briggs - it's given me a lens through which I can interpret how I interact with others and myself. I like that (in its Christian forms) it provides more of a spiritual diagnostic than things like Myers-Briggs or the DISC inventory. I first came across the Enneagram in the book <I>The Gift of Being Yourself</I> and have since picked up Richard Rohr's book on the Enneagram. Hope that helps!Al Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-39775624518091881952007-04-09T17:16:00.000-05:002007-04-09T17:16:00.000-05:00I always find more joy in seasons like Lent after ...I always find more joy in seasons like Lent after they are over. The reflection back on them make them more meaningful than the hecticness of being in the middle of them.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy to be on this side of the resurrection as well! (in both ways you mentioned).<BR/><BR/>P.S. Al, could you explain what you mean by "Enneagram Seven"? I don't believe I've encountered that before?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com