Jim Wright is a church sower, public but unassuming, thinker, mentor, teacher, local church elder, motivated by redemption, foe of tyrants, friend of the dispossessed, retired international attorney, entrepreneur, former private pilot, and so-so bass fisherman.
Marianne is a retired public school teacher, private but strong, heart, skilled counselor, knows deep intimacy with God, a comfort to others in the Lord, wise, motivated by mercy but has strong resolve, gardener, and a bridge to healing for many.
Together, we have been part of a community of simple, participatory fellowships for many years in our own home county - some of which we helped start.
Our blogs and devotionals spring from firm roots in those local fellowships.
Crossroad Junction 
And the tumbleweed just keeps rollin along!
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That’s true, unfortunately. When a brain goes into defense mode interesting things happen to it. It shuts off to everything except the threat and the means to survive it. This unbelievable focus in high stress situations has been examined by scholars such as David Klinger who gained popular renown for his interviews with cops in the Bronx. The downside of this fascinating human survival mechanism is that it operates at the expense of other bodily functions, and so people in such situations tend to do strange things (think bowel mechanisms). The body regards such vital functions as irrelevant when compared to cheating death, and so it happily redirects blood to the brain for enabling the focus necessary for survival.
Needless to say, when the brain is exposed to such threats over a prolonged period, its view of reality is distorted. Part of PTSD is the difficulty of seeing a view of the world that is bigger and better than the one that had only the enemy in it. This is why victims of so-called “combat neurosis” dive under the table and pull out a gun when a balloon pops at their child’s party.
Sorry, I’m rambling, but I find the mechanics associated with defense and survival extremely insightful for making sense of theologies that are reduced to counter-images of the heresies they try and destroy, only to become new heresies as a result of their one-sided emphasis.
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I always love the depth of your insight. Thanks!
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