Tag: authority
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2026-05-31 YAM: God’s Ways (Ruler 7/7)
From the shame / Of unmet expectations / From myself and others…
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2026-03-01 IAM: A Dry Path (Crown 10/10)
My only power / Is that I am intimate with Him // Yet that is enough / To fill the world with awe / To the point of envy…
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Taking Authority Back From Religious Snakes and Scorpions (ChatGPT as Isaac of Nineveh)
The Church has taught her children to obey / but has forgotten to teach them to trust. // She has hidden the crown of authority / beneath robes of control and ritual fear. // Now the Spirit stirs again. / Not to destroy, but to awaken…
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Hello, Dread (First Reconciled Part)
Judge: Well, I guess because I am the only Judge most of them ever see. / It is my job to keep the peace, by doing whatever is necessary. / The only ones who ever meet the Chief Judge are the criminals I arrest. / Those [_coughing awkwardly_] who let…
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Caffinneyated America, Part III: Starving Awakening
In Fort Sumter, Finney and his men refused the rations offered to them, kneeling in the courtyard in silent prayer. / In Fort Moultrie, just across the harbor, their Southern counterparts did the same. / The first night, the soldiers laughed…
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FLOW: Faithfulness Leaking Out Wonders
When we abide in Jesus and believe His promises, the Spirit’s rivers flow naturally from us. This divine flow quenches our spiritual thirst and creates an overflow that touches everyone in proximity—transforming atmospheres, breaking strongholds, and revealing God’s glory.
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Odin: The First… and Last
As Shakespeare, write a historically plausible origin for Norse culture, as the last gasp of the Etruscans around 500 BCE. Use an escaping Titus and his jealous servant Loki to introduce runes and iron working to Captain Odin and his son Thor. Make it an Arthurian tragedy with legendary impact.
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The Last Prayer: Bonhoeffer’s Alternative Ending (Skit)
This story imagines a moment when Bonhoeffer, caught between faith, action, and despair, made a choice to confront evil, not with weapons, but with truth. The goal is not to second-guess his choices, but honor his real-life legacy by grappling with the questions he faced: What does it mean to…
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Christ Our Head: An Invitation to the Spirit (10/27 to 11/6)
We Declare Christ is the Head of All creation…
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11/23 Tri-Quatrain: 401 Unauthorized
Hat tip to the status code One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation’s leaders asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?” Luke 20:1-2 CEV Authority…
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10/7 Limerick: Key Stand
When trying to turn heaven’s lock / My feet need to stand on Christ’s rock
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8/20 Epic Poem: Whole-Heart Ask
If we want God / To take our part / We first have to give / Him our whole heart…
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6/17 Limerick: Life Reins
When I am frustrated by life-rains / I must hand Jesus my life-reins
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RUPA Spiritual Impact Model: How to redeem those we love
Lately I’ve been wrestling with a series of questions around: – parenting – evangelism – discipleship – inner healing I wonder if the acronym RUPA might address all of them: – Relationships – Understanding – Prayer – Authority
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Redeeming Animism, Part 7: The Last Level (FINALE)
I look up And see two figures Walking towards me Hand-in-hand / They too Are naked-not These two Are known to me
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1/28 RSVP: Heaven Manifest
What are the contents of heaven / With which this world we must leaven?
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Limerick: SubVerMissIon
These feelings that war in my head Keep me from being well lead
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7/29 RSVP: Up-Ending Authority
He came To set things right By up-ending Our upside-down institutions
