Category: Poetic

  • 4/28 Limerick: Crave Him

    True discipleship is to crave Him / More than just singing a praise hymn / Desire for His heart / Consumes every part / Til we are living like His sim!

  • 4/27 Limerick: Re-Vided Heart

    In a world that seems so divided 
 / Give me a heart that is “vided” 
 / When I know You’re real 
 / I’ll feel what “they” feel 
 / And feed them the grace You provided

  • 4/26 Limerick: Prevailing Passion

    4/26 Limerick: Prevailing Passion

    We all have desires to prevail So those that we love, we don’t fail Yet to gain the whole I must shift my goal To “Union with Christ” as my grail Today I will keep refixing my eyesUntil they see You

  • 4/25 Poem: A-Moan

    When I am feeling alone 
 / My choice must be to A-Moan

  • 4/24 Limerick: Long You

    The best gift that I could wish true
 / Is for you to know God’s “long you”

  • 4/23 Poem: Seek Deep

    The Quest-ion must / Take root in our soul / So when it’s removed / It leaves a deep hole

  • 4/22 Limerick: Like Jesus

    “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord; you know that I like you.”

  • 4/21 Limericks: Sup-Re-Natural

    It’s natural to hate our foes / The authors of our earthly woes // But that’s not the end of our tale / We must learn to see past the veil…

  • 4/20 Limericks: Betraying Forgiveness

    It can feel like eating raw kale / When I need to forgive betrayal

  • 4/19 Rap: Kingdom Rich

    4/19 Rap: Kingdom Rich

    True wealth is not from money paid
 / But losing life for redemption made

  • 4/18 Limericks: Consuming Hunger

    The hunger that gnaws at my soul 
 / Reminds me I long to be whole 
 / When I’m filled with You 
 / (Tis strange but it’s true) 
 / I suddenly have a new goal…

  • 4/17 Limerick: Changing Faith

    Faith cannot merely be passive / Or something that we take a class of / It’s making a bet / That God won’t forget / Which wins us a payoff that’s massive!

  • 4/16 Poem: Unjust Deserts

    4/16 Poem: Unjust Deserts

    When the world hurts / We want just desserts / A law that is true / Protects me from you // This comes at a cost…

  • 4/15 Limerick: Best Offense

    Today I will take the offensive / Instead of taking offense

  • 4/14 Limericks: Bread Line

    If we wish to join the divine / We must make it past the “bread line” / It’s good to be fed / But what if instead / We sought to hear Jesus call us “Mine!”

  • 4/13 Limerick: Ruin-O-Us

    Though crucifixion may seem ruinous 
 / It’s actually salvation glorious 
 / When in Him we 
 / Are nailed to a tree 
 / All the world learns to see Christ in us!

  • 4/12 Limerick: Out-Vestment

    Our hearts can only find rest / When we know where to invest / Desire becomes pure / When we are sure / Christ is in whom we are dressed!

  • 4/11 Poetry Slam: Over-Flow

    4/11 Poetry Slam: Over-Flow

    We gotta get into Your Over-Flow / So we escape this world‘s under-tow / Sin has trapped us all in ways we don’t know / Free us from ruts so with You we go

  • 4/10 Limerick: Fast-en Grace

    If we intend to win our race 
 / We must learn to fast-en grace 
 / Hunger un-met 
 / Is how we get 
 / Jesus to run in our place!

  • 4/9 Limerick: Re-Present Christ

    My hope is that you will not dissent 
 / When Christ chooses us to be present 
 / His love becomes fresh 
 / When shown in our flesh 
 / As our suffering brings a new advent!