Javen Bear
Javen Bear is 24 years old and lives with his beautiful wife Aleisha in Phoenix, Arizona. He works as an admissions counselor at Grand Canyon University where he also studies mental health counseling. This is where he writes and posts videos.
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In the Dirt with the Angel
7 reflections on turning 25
This 7 part series of relflections is written as I turn 25 years old. I’m convinced to be human is to struggle and to struggle with God. This series serves to honor the difficult questions. I don’t know if everyone has questions their mind continually turns over while they walk the dog, shower, drive to work, but these are mine. I’m hopeful that in 25 more years I’ll have more compelling, more faithful answers to them than I do now – or that I’ll have moved on to more interesting things altogether. Either way. You can find the posts below.
(1.) Difficulty of Hell & Ease of the Speil – 8/7/22
(2.) Living in a Tradition (forcomthing)
(3.) Quick to Think, Slow to Dance (forthcoming)
(4.) Slipperiness of the Kingdom (forthcoming)
(5.) The World in a Grain of Sand (forcoming)
(6.) The Faith that’s Needed (forthcoming)
(7.) The Necessity of Struggling (forthcoming)
Posts
Recent Reads
this was a riveting, gritty, beautiful novel. 
most times it’s tempting to skim past the introduction, howvever here it’s maybe the most valuable piece of the book. 
this is really helping me to understand Jung and the other book I’m reading by him more fully 
still working on this one – good but dense 
i love to read these prayers in the morning
Podcast Jams
currently my favorite podcast. I just love the heart and tone of these guys 
i’ve been listening for years. Love Skye and Phil 
a newer show for me. I enjoy the guests Ezra brings on 
good show with quick episodes 
great insight into relationship, recently digging into trauma 
quick news – perspectives i usually appreciate 
i usually enjoy Geoff’s perspectives 
quick episodes, always insightful looks at Christianity and culture 
i don’t listen to nearly all the episodes, but Preston really dives into stuff many shy away from and does it really well
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I wanna see miracles, see the world change,
I wrestled the angel for more than a name,
For more than a feeling, more than a cause,
Still I’m singing, Spririt take me up in arms with you,
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