# disciple (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover disciple. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hercules Never Got a Warm-Up](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/hercules-never-got-a-warm-up) _2026-08-08 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ Epictetus, the snooze button, and the labors you keep postponing ## [My Inner World](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/my-inner-world) _2026-07-30 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ You don't need to escape to a mountaintop. The home you've been longing for is already within you. ## [License and Liberty](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/license-and-liberty) _2026-07-25 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ There are two kinds of freedom. We picked the wrong one. ## [The Purpose, Use, and Meaning of Human Sexuality](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/the-purpose-use-and-meaning-of-human) _2026-07-24 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ A Cross-Disciplinary White Paper on Mythology, Science, and Cultural Variation ## [The Myth of “Perpetual Rent”](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-perpetual-rent) _2026-07-16 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ Why property taxes are not an extraction of the state, but our dues for a civilized neighborhood. ## [Courage Is a Choice, Not a Feeling](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/courage-is-a-choice-not-a-feeling) _2026-07-09 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ Adapted from my forthcoming book, The Disciple of Discipline: The Manual for a Good Soul. ## [Why I tell my son I am not proud of him.](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/why-i-tell-my-son-i-am-not-proud) _2026-07-08 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ And what I tell him instead... ## [What my 6 year old can teach us about resilience, perseverance and the dichotomy of control](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/what-my-6-year-old-can-teach-us-about) _2026-07-07 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ Benjamin wants to be a pro athlete. This is how he approaches it. ## [If people make you upset or angry, do this:](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/if-people-make-you-upset-or-angry) _2026-07-06 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ (wear a hat to protect you from blue and green tentacles from poking your brain) ## [For the Disciples and UCC congregations: Called is the book for your adult education series](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/for-the-disciples-and-ucc-congregations) _2026-07-04 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ A direct note to ministers, adult education directors, and lay leaders in Disciples of Christ congregations: ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Xf56dqk8hGNk) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [The Sunday Morning That Changed Chapter 9](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/the-sunday-morning-that-changed-chapter) _2026-07-02 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ Larry Love told me this story about two-thirds of the way through our work on Called, and it became the emotional center of the book’s final third. ## [What Does “Open Table” Actually Mean When It Costs Something?](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/what-does-open-table-actually-mean) _2026-06-30 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) practices what it calls the open table: communion offered to all, without examination of doctrine, without test of baptismal status, without verification of moral record. ## [Three practices from Called that you can start this weekend](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/three-practices-from-called-that) _2026-06-27 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ Called isn’t primarily a theology book. ## [What Writing a Book With a Minister Taught Me About My Own Practice](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/what-writing-a-book-with-a-minister) _2026-06-25 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ About halfway through writing Called, Larry Love said something to me that I’ve been sitting with ever since. ## [The Most Underrated Spiritual Capacity You Have](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/the-most-underrated-spiritual-capacity) _2026-06-23 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ At the center of every genuine transformation I have witnessed in forty years of clinical practice — and every genuine conversion I have witnessed in a lifetime of faith — is a single capacity: the ability to step back from your own mind and watch it. ## [A reader said: “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.” Here’s a look inside.](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/a-reader-said-this-is-the-book-ive) _2026-06-20 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ From Chapter 2 of Called: A Faith for the Forward-Looking: ## [The Question That Made Me Write This Book](https://fredjonesphd.substack.com/p/the-question-that-made-me-write-this) _2026-06-18 · Frederic Jones PhD · Frederic Jones PhD_ A student in one of my clinical training sessions asked me a question I couldn’t answer. ## [Join my new subscriber chat](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/join-my-new-subscriber-chat) _2026-03-20 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ A private space for us to converse and connect ## [You Don’t Need Happiness. You Need a Fortress](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-happiness-you-need) _2026-03-17 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ Why the ancient Greek concept of Eudaimonia is the answer modern self-help keeps missing and why I built an entire book around it. ## [Why I Don't Believe in Positive Affirmations (And What I Do Instead)](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-believe-in-positive-affirmations) _2026-03-10 · Raphaël Reiter · Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter_ Marcus Aurelius didn't tell himself everything would be fine. He told himself exactly how bad it could get and then he decided who he would be in the middle of it. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LhkqisNSAKms) _2026-03-10 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Disciples Notes🚀#41 : Un Saint peut en cacher un autre](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes41-un-saint-peut-en) _2025-10-29 · Disciples’s Substack_ Bientôt la Toussaint... ## [Disciples Notes🚀#40 : Notre top 4 des modèles de foi](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes40-notre-top-4-des) _2025-10-15 · Disciples’s Substack_ Mais aussi le compositeur du Vatican et la présence des chrétiens sur Twitch ## [Disciples Notes🚀#39 : Donnez, do-do-donnez](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes39-donnez-do-do-donnez) _2025-10-01 · Disciples’s Substack_ Donnez-moi d'la moulaga ## [Disciples Notes🚀#38 : STOP aux influenceurs !](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes38-stop-aux-influenceurs) _2025-09-17 · Disciples’s Substack_ Début de la 3e saison des Disciples Talks, on commence fort ! ## [Disciples Notes🚀#37 : Le monastère invisible](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes37-le-monastere-invisible) _2025-06-18 · Disciples’s Substack_ Une relecture des 2 dernières années, une nouvelle conviction et l'Esprit Saint à l'œuvre ## [Disciples Notes🚀#36 : Un vent nouveau sur le Vatican](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes36-un-vent-nouveau) _2025-06-04 · Disciples’s Substack_ Et nos recos musicales pour la pentecôte🔥 ## [Disciples Notes🚀#35 : Le meilleur est à venir](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes35-le-meilleur-est) _2025-05-21 · Disciples’s Substack_ On fête nos 2 ans, notre nouveau Pape et nos mains vides ## [Disciples Notes🚀#34 : Qui sera le capitaine du Vatican ?](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes34-qui-sera-le-capitaine) _2025-05-07 · Disciples’s Substack_ La patience, une finale de ligue des champions et un message secret du Pape François ## [Disciples Notes🚀#33 : Soyez des moutons 🐑](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes33-soyez-des-moutons) _2025-04-23 · Disciples’s Substack_ Il est vraiment ressuscité ! ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xaWM9Iiq7brB) _2025-04-23 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Disciples Notes🚀#32 : Le plus long est le plus court](https://disciples.substack.com/p/disciples-notes32-le-plus-long-est) _2025-04-09 · Disciples’s Substack_ Comment on a participé au changement et le docu exclusif sur Carlo Acutis