Tag: growth
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2026-05-20 IAM: Melodies Of Praise (Bodyguard 10/14)
Like a dandelion / All my beauty / Has turned to dust…
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2025-12-18 YAM: Remove the Sandal (Business 7/12)
They remove my tires / And strap me to a conveyor belt / Heading for the furnace…
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2025-08-26 SAM: Sent From God (Son A 3/8)
This external pressure / And internal conflict / Is complexifying me…
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CIGAR: The Spiritual Spiral of Renewal
Construction. Intimacy. Generativity. Agency. Renewal. // Each one sounds great. But here’s the thing:/ Each phase feels like you’ve finally arrived—until it breaks you. / And that’s when the next phase begins….
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1/4 Bi-Limerick: Pruning
Q. What is the greatest gift someone could give you? A. Pruning: Creating space to become the best version of myself — by cutting off the option to stay worse.
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11/8 Limerick: Power Law
If we wish to grow exponentially / We must stop acting preferentially
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6/28 Tri-Limerick: A-Bundance
I’m tired of living in “bundance” Adrift on the sea like Rosencrantz Where each new wave Reeks of the grave Threatening me with its mischance The key to a life that’s abundantIs becoming more of a studentLetting You teachStaying in reachWalking where Grace says it’s prudent Maybe abundance that’s trueDoes…
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6/11 Poem: Kingdom True
Our lives are all trapped / Twixt ego and fear / We long to be good / But no path is clear
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Dream/Reflection: The School of Humanity
Why isn’t there already school like that, where people naturally and casually work through their most limiting issues?
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4/30 Poem: Disturbingly Good
Sometimes true goodness / Is sweet to the soul // But then there are times / When holiness hurts…
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2/3 Limerick: Passed Understanding
As Father you feel quite demanding / Because you see Me as expanding
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11/23 Poem: Order-nary Pain
First-order pain helps us learn / To keep away from flames that burn
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Limerick: Grown-Up God
But as we grow our brain In a world filled by pain That comfort is destined to fall
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Slam: God Trained
When it’s time to mature Then the things that were sure Must be turned to manure So in Christ we’re made pure
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TGR-S3E3: Networked Transformation Circles
Building on last week’s pitch for the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 21, 2020 episode of The Great Reset proposes a new building block for the Body of Christ. Question What is the most effective and scalable context for co-constructing disciples of Jesus?
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Thanks: Spiritual Maturity in One Syllable (Childlike Theology)
Part 6 of 6 in the series Childlike Theology: Thanks: Spiritual Maturity Wise Risk: Faith He’s Worth It: Worship Open to God: Holiness Make Us Like Jesus: Discipleship God Loves Us Like Jesus: The Gospel
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An Ode to My Personal Trainer
For Steve Hernandez. One day after the first workout: I hate you. You make me do things I don’t want to do. My muscles ache. My joints creak. My steps are slow. I feel ten years older. One month after the first workout: I feel ten years younger. My muscles are stronger.…
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