The Hidden Minds

The Framework

Calling

Acceptance / Avoidance

Stepping toward the task that is yours to carry, against finding the exit.

Every profile lands somewhere between acceptance and avoidance. Use this page to see which figures are pulled most strongly toward each pole, then follow the links down into the stories themselves.

Most toward Acceptance

  1. 01IsaiahUndone by holiness, then sent: here am I, send me.
  2. 02PaulThe zealot's violence was never spent. It was only turned around.
  3. 03SamuelGiven away to the temple as a child, he heard God when the priests had gone deaf.
  4. 04DavidAnointed and adored, which is how a rooftop became his undoing.
  5. 05NehemiahHe wept over a broken wall, then rebuilt it with a sword in one hand.
  6. 06JobEverything stripped away, and still he would not lie about God to feel better.

Most toward Avoidance

  1. 01JonahHe ran from God, then resented him for being merciful.
  2. 02PharaohEach refusal hardened the next, until the "no" became his fate.
  3. 03SaulA king who could not bear that anyone might rule better.
  4. 04AbsalomA wound his father never answered, turned into a throne and a knife.
  5. 05JudasPeter's failure, with one door he could not imagine opening.
  6. 06PilateHe washed his hands of the verdict he had the power to stop.

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