Tag: pride

  • 2026-02-28 IAM: Provoked The Holy (Crown 9/10)

    2026-02-28 IAM: Provoked The Holy (Crown 9/10)

    Have called forth / 
The wrath and compassion / 
Of a God who loves / 
My becoming / 
Over my being…

  • 2026-02-24 IAM: In Their Own Eyes (Crown 5/10)

    2026-02-24 IAM: In Their Own Eyes (Crown 5/10)

    Back into the land // Of those whose identity / Is so fragile / They must hide it…

  • Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    Goodbye, Death (Resurrecting Parts)

    The self-hating thing / Now appears / As a self-emptying man // Waiting for us / Waiting for me…

  • Does Anybody Really Want to Be HIS Disciple?

    Does Anybody Really Want to Be HIS Disciple?

    Now, I don’t know about y’all… but that don’t exactly sound like a marketing slogan. That’s not, ‘Your Best Life Now.’ That’s more like, ‘Come Die With Me, Season One.’

  • The Silver Law of Theocracy

    The Silver Law of Theocracy

    The Iron Law tells us how institutions entrench themselves in power. / 
The Silver Law tells us how they lose their soul.

  • From Wine Broker to Perfume Breaker

    From Wine Broker to Perfume Breaker

    MARY MAGDALENE: 
Brother Pierre. You savor your wine,
but beware the wine broker’s trap:
“No one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better’” (Luke 5:39).

  • 2025-08-23 SAM: Who Ruled (Jackass Epilogue)

    2025-08-23 SAM: Who Ruled (Jackass Epilogue)

    When I die / 
Someone else will take my place / 
And it won’t make any difference…

  • Identificational Prayer: The Cross That Destroys Strongholds

    Identificational Prayer: The Cross That Destroys Strongholds

    I’ve learned that identificational prayer — standing in humility, identifying with those we pray for — is the most powerful prayer there is.
 / James says “the prayer of a righteous person has great power” (James 5:16), and in Christ, that righteousness is ours by grace, not by performance. /…

  • The Madman and the Fool: King David on Life Beyond Honor

    The Madman and the Fool: King David on Life Beyond Honor

    Honor is a noble ideal, a guiding principle that shapes our character and relationships. It binds us to truth, loyalty, and justice, giving us a framework for righteous living. Yet, as I reflect on my life, I have learned that honor alone is not enough…

  • When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus

    When My AI Psychologist Met Jesus

    Psychologist: Is there a way to let go of the guilt, the shame and the blame that will inevitably remain? / Jesus still smiles with His mouth, but His eyes are sad. “Yes, my child. It is called the cross.”

  • 12/30 Tri-Limerick: The “Re” Store

    12/30 Tri-Limerick: The “Re” Store

    It’s costly to enter the place 
 / Where we can freely find grace

  • 12/5 Poem: Un-Answer-Able

    For somewhere deep in my childhood 
 / I learned just how to perform 
 / Proving how well I understood 
 / Was a way I could conform

  • 11/16 Limerick: Model Behavior

    If we dare to model our Savior We must unlearn worldly behavior My pride in my Self I store on the shelf To unhide His sweet subtle flavior Today I will Transparency To reveal Christ inna’ me Jesus, knowing their thoughts, called them to his side and said “Kings and…

  • 11/3 Limerick: I-AM-Possible

    But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27 When I am facing a crucible I’m trapped by my adjacent possible But God breaks the dam By being I AM And showing me I’m not responsible Today I will sacrifice my responsibility At the feet…

  • 11/2 Tri-Limerick: Standard Measures

    If Christ is our goal
 / Let’s make Him the sole
 / Focus of our work and pleasures

  • 10/24 Bi-Limerick: Kingdom Inside-Out

    The reason we curse what’s outside Is secretly to serve our pride The wrong that I feel Fills me with zeal Against those who to me have lied While children react to their pain The wise make it fuel for our gain The evil inside Must be crucified So we…

  • 10/4 Epic Poem: Authenti-City

    10/4 Epic Poem: Authenti-City

    Hat tip to Seth Godin Pairs well with “ability vulner” Q. What skill would you like to learn? A. How best to live in “Authenti City“ Life in the city “Authenti” Isn’t what I thought it would be They said I could do what I want Safe from the conformist…

  • 9/24 Epic Poem: Re-Pent-Up (Christing)

    9/24 Epic Poem: Re-Pent-Up (Christing)

    For it’s my own religious pride
 / That zeal must burn up from inside
 / For it is the urge to condemn
 / That I have in common with them

  • 9/20 Epic Poem: Gender Identity

    9/20 Epic Poem: Gender Identity

    Gender wars may have their place / But I choose to battle for grace

  • 9/18 Epic Poem: Missing Peace

    9/18 Epic Poem: Missing Peace

    No matter the sermons we preach
 / The lost of this world we won’t reach
 / Until they see crazy love
 / That only could come from above