VIVolume 6

Governance.

How the Intentional Journey of the Heart is stewarded, extended, refined, and, where necessary, corrected by others.

VolumeVI of VI
EditionRevised v5.8 · September 2026
StatusGovernance in This Season, adopted by the Council on 6 September 2026; the fuller model in reference
LicenseCC BY 4.0

Where Volumes 1–5 are my personal record of what I believe the Lord has shown me, Volume 6 is how this work is stewarded, extended, refined, and, where necessary, corrected by others. What follows first is the governance for this stage of the project, in a few pages. Then the Council itself, the Succession Letter, and the Council's public record. A fuller governance model for a larger season is kept in the reference section at the end.

I wrote Volume 6 in a more institutional voice on purpose. It is meant to outlast me and serve people who will come to this work long after I am gone. The Council of Stewards it describes is how this record stays honest once it is no longer just me keeping it honest.

The work belongs to Christ. I have been its steward, not its owner.
Contents

Contents of Volume 6: Governance.

Volume 61

— Volume 6: Governance — Overview →

Reading Order4

— Governance in This SeasonWho decides; tell, ask, and wait; the record; the standards every change meets; succession; spiritual authority; the fuller model. → 2 Part 2: The Council — A Fellowship of the HeartWhy a Fellowship and not a board; what membership asks; how it works; what it owes; on its own end; a Rule of Life. → 3 Part 3: Succession LetterNaming a Literary Executor and a Theological Successor. Signed before the Council on 6 September 2026. → — Council LogOne entry per Council meeting, newest first, with every document linked as the Council saw it. →

Working Documents5

— Proposal TemplateFor anyone who wants to be thorough about a proposed refinement. A courtesy, not a gate. → — The Scripture-Grounding StandardThe five tests every chapter's handling of Scripture is held to. → — Research Register — Investigations Underway and ProposedThe open trails of Volumes 3–5 in one view, sorted by what can actually be worked now. → — The Mustard Seed Question — A Worked ResolutionThe first worked example of the project's method for closing an open question. → A Appendix: Catalog HistoryHow the Foundational Law catalog reached its present shape. →

Reference1

1 Part 1: Governance Model (in reference)The fuller model for a larger season. Its preface says when the Council may bring it into force. →
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Intentional Journey of the Heart · Volume 6
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The work belongs to Christ.