Tag: obedience
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2026-05-21 IAM: Trapped By His Own (Bodyguard 11/14)
I still / Find myself / Anxious to ensure / I land in the right place…
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2026-04-30 SAM: Claims The World (Deceit 5/5)
I see my path. // It is paved / With what I used to consider my / Precious / Understanding…
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2026-03-05 YAM: Faithful Ones Rebukes (Presence 4/9)
“This isn’t my fault / Why did You command me / To do something / That failed?”
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Obedience School for Humans (St. Bernard as a Saint Bernard)
You might think obedience school is for dogs. / But no: dogs already understand love. / It is humans who must learn…
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2025-11-02 YAM: Noticing Ruth (Survey 2/18)
But I don’t know / What I am doing / Where I am going / How will we get there…
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Jepthah’s Daughter (Lyrics)
Jephthah’s daughter embodies what theologians call a “type”—an Old Testament person, event, or institution that foreshadows a greater New Testament reality. Her story asks the question that Christ answers…
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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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Final Sacrifice: Why Jesus — and We — Recoil from the Cross (Beyond Existentialism)
The moment in Gethsemane is not terrifying because of the Cross itself — many men have died on crosses, many with more composure. No, the dread of the God-man is something infinitely deeper: He is asked not merely to die, but to let die His understanding of God… [Dedicated to…
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From “The” to “Thine” (Commandments)
A Max Lucado-Style Reflection on Jesus’ Use of “My” vs “The” Commandments
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10/19 Poem: THE WAY To Be Healed
For we are all lepers / If not by that name / Cut off from others / By our hidden shame
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9/25 Poem: Love Nose / Heaven Scent
Lord I suppose / I need a new nose / That sniffs out Your love / Wherever it goes
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9/3 Epic Poem: Love 2.O-bey
Yet there is a price that we pay From being conditioned to obey The walls that did once keep us safe Eventually will start to chafe…
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6/29 Limerick: Celieve
The step beyond “Believe” If I’m to enjoy true relief I need something more than belief Reboot my mind So I can find Joy in what once caused me grief Grief is the mirror of Joy
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6/1 Limerick: Tri-greement
Whenever it’s hard to agree / I need to seek the rule of three / When Spirit and Word / Have truly been heard / Then I am safe betting on me!
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Emmanuel Encounter: Un-Deserted
And is this hard desert / I longed to escape / Merely the border / Of heaven’s landscape?
Radically Happy 