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Welcome to The Great Invitation!
This website is not asking you to believe anything.
It is not trying to explain tragedy.
We claim this experience is prophetic, but not about predicting the future. It’s about attention in the here and now, a Bible-honoring definition of prophecy.
The Great Invitation offers a question.
When tragedy or life-altering challenges arrive, can love still be deliberately chosen—and does that choice meaningfully resist despair?
Everything on this site exists in service of that question.
The Great Invitation is a living moral inquiry presented in an unusual format: a simulated courtroom proceeding.
- The case examines human choice, not divine causation.
- The trial seeks no verdict.
- The jury is you, the reader.
The project blends:
- history
- theology
- art, music, sports, and culture
- and one personal experience that raised a difficult question.
All of it is presented with restraint, skepticism, and clear limits.
To be clear:
- This is not an explanation for tragedy.
- No suffering is assigned purpose, meaning, or justification.
- Coincidences are never presented as causes.
- Numbers and dates are treated only as attention markers, not mechanisms.
- No supernatural proof is claimed.
- No one is told what to believe.
If you’re skeptical, you’re welcome here.
If you’re religious, you’re welcome here.
If you’re undecided, you’re exactly who this is for.
Courts exist to examine difficult questions carefully.
This project borrows the structure of a trial—not to imitate law, but to slow thinking down:
- claims are defined
- limits are stated
- witnesses are examined
- objections are allowed
- uncertainty is preserved
The format forces discipline where speculation would otherwise run wild.
For the purposes of this proceeding:
Good is defined as: the deliberate choice of love and forgiveness in the midst of tragedy or profound life challenge.
Evil is defined as: despair, hopelessness, and the absence of love.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
The prologue is not evidence.
It is not part of the trial record.
It is a vision—a possible outcome—meant to orient attention, not dictate conclusions.
Think of it as a “what if,” not a claim.
You will encounter recurring dates and numbers throughout the site.
They are:
- personal in origin
- recognized after the fact
- constrained by explicit limits
They are offered only as attention markers—ways human beings notice, remember, and connect stories across time.
You are never asked to accept them as causal, predictive, or mystical.
You’re ready.
This project is still in progress.
That is intentional.
It is meant to be:
- transparent
- revisable
- open to challenge
If you find yourself disagreeing—that’s part of the record.
If you find yourself pausing—that’s the invitation.
Thank you for being here.
Proceed when you’re ready.