Category: Devotional
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2024-11-23 SAM: Sought (Faceless 8/8)
Privacy / Security / Shelter / Alll the things we need / To survive in the modern world // Right?
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2024-11-22 SAM: Gardened (Faceless 7/8)
My eyes are closed / From the splendor of light / But it smells wonderful / Like a freshwater garden / Instead of a Dead Sea…
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2024-11-21 SAM: Relieved (Faceless 6/8)
The cares of this world / Words of slander / Acts of oppression / Darken my sight / Dimming my vision // Especially / When they come from me…
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2024-11-20 SAM: I Here (Faceless 5/8)
For the first time / I know where I am / Floating peacefully / On an endless Dead Sea / Longing to live…
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2024-11-19 SAM: Fast Break (Faceless 4/8)
My hands were filthy / From searching through crud / To find more manna / To fill my new mouth // I don’t know / If I am succeeding / For I lack eyes and nose / To give me feedback…
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2024-11-18 SAM: Peace-Meal (Faceless 3/8)
It is wonderful / Except / I’m not sure what it is / I am eating / Because I still lack / Eyes to see with / Nose to smell with…
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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…
Radically Happy 