Category: Devotional
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2024-11-17 SAM: Languaged (Faceless 2/8)
I still have no face / I cannot see / I can barely hear / I don’t know how I speak // But the Spirt / Takes me by the hand…
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2024-11-16 SAM: About Face (Faceless 1/8)
I cannot face my problems / I cannot face my pain / I cannot face people / I cannot face You…
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2024-11-14 IAM: Dwelling (Cipling 7/7)
The living water of Jesus / Bursting from His broken heart / Smashed me against the ceiling / Of the underground cavern // Atomizing my flesh / Freeing my soul…
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2024-11-13 IAM: Uplifted (Cipling 6/7)
The underground cavern / I have painfully squeezed into / Has a spiral river / Flowing uphill!
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2024-11-12 IAM: Railroaded (Cipling 5/7)
I get on my hands and knees / To slowly / Painfully / Methodically / Clear rubble from my path / And the path / Of any who choose to follow…
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2024-11-11 IAM: Toppling (Cipling 4/7)
A hot wind blows. // The standing crowd staggers / The statue topples over / And starts quickly melting…
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The Lost Ceremony of Encommunication
Encommunication may be a “lost ceremony” in our history, but its principles are profoundly relevant. As we seek to foster deeper, more resilient communities of faith, encommunication could become a powerful practice of reconciliation and shared growth. After all, as Paul reminds us, “we are all one body” (Ephesians 4:4),…
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2024-11-10 SAM: Gathering (Cipling 3/7)
I see Jesus / In my reflections / In all the glass / On all the buildings and vehicles / Of a bustling city // I close my eyes. // It is too much…
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2024-11-09 IAM: Belonging (Cipling 2/7)
I look to Jesus. // He leads me out of the synagogue / Into a modern street…
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2024-11-08 IAM: Sabbatical (Cipling 1/7)
I cry out: // “Lord forgive me / I have not honored your house / I have not kept the Sabbath”
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2024-11-06 SAM: Success (Yoked 9/9)
My broken body / Torn into pieces / Became lighter / Floating / Spreading to the four winds…
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2024-11-05 SAM: Unthinkable (Yoked 8/9)
My Jesus-lizard feet / Cannot keep me up / Because I have stopped running / To worship Him…
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2024-11-04 SAM: Descending (Yoked 7/9)
“He is not here / He has risen / Seek Him / In the naked, poor, and imprisoned”
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2024-11-03 SAM: Summoning (Yoked 6/9)
The call / Elevates me / From a slow shell-less turtle / To a fleet basilisk / Running across the waves / Spreading the good news…
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2024-11-02 SAM: Aquatic (Yoked 5/9)
His words sound ridiculous / But no more so than what has already happened / So I listen and obey…
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2024-11-01 SAM: Undefeatable (Yoked 4/9)
My hard turtle body / Can block the castle gate / While their weapons shatter / Against my shell…
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2024-10-31 SAM: Un-Opposable (Yoked 3/9)
Yet somehow I have been cursed / With a slow, soft turtle-voice / Clumsy turtle-hands / Awkward turtle-feet / And a heavy turtle-back…
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2024-10-30 SAM: Far Terror (Yoked 2/9)
I realize / My own panic / Which I thought was controlled / Is controlling me…
Radically Happy 