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2025-12-25 IAM: Never Abandoned (Married 2/8)
The one / Who does not see Christ / Though He is right in front of me // Because / He is parked in my manger / Obstructing my self-nurture…
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2025-12-24 IAM: Bore A Son (Married 1/8)
She wraps Him in swaddling clothes / And places Him / In my manger…
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2025-12-23 YAM: By This Young Woman (Business 12/12)
The stable we had built / Became a refuge / For a young woman // Who delivered / Christ…
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Idea of the Year 2025: Endurance is Emergent
What endures is what allows truth, practice, and love to reinforce one another over time.
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2025-12-22 YAM: Built Up The House (Business 11/12)
As the elders watch in horror / I lead the redeemed children / In racing around the town / Tearing down the ruined houses…
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2025-12-21 YAM: Raise Children With (Business 10/12)
The fires of opposition and betrayal / Did not kill / Or even injure me / But purified me…
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From Revival to Resurrection: Why Christianity (and We) Must Die — Daily!
And trust that whatever rises / will not be called Christianity / but will, unmistakably, be life.
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2025-12-20 YAM: Purchase From The Hand (Business 9/12)
In the brightness of the flames / I see / That they are not wizened conspirators / But frightened children…
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2025-12-19 YAM: Option of Redemption (Business 8/12)
The furnace / Is getting hotter // My enemies / Are getting happier…
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2025-12-18 YAM: Remove the Sandal (Business 7/12)
They remove my tires / And strap me to a conveyor belt / Heading for the furnace…
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2025-12-17 YAM: Risking My Own (Business 6/12)
Shadowy figures / Take me from the elders / And carry me to the melter / At the heart of the junkyard…
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2025-12-16 YAM: Dead Man’s Name (Business 5/12)
The elders conferred / And decided on a compromise // To save the park / They’ll sell me instead…
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2025-12-15 YAM: Right of Refusal (Business 4/12)
Now / They feel they have no choice / But to sell it / To the developers / That ruined the rest of the city…
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“Racking” as Crucifixion: When New Wineskins Aren’t Enough
Wine that only runs never matures. / It exhilarates, but it does not endure.
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2025-12-14 YAM: Selling the Piece (Business 3/12)
The same entropy / That ruined the city / Is coming for the park / Where I am parked…
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2025-12-13 YAM: Sit Down Here (Business 2/12)
I find myself / Inside a city / I have never seen before // Though perhaps / That is only / Because I never looked…
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2025-12-11 SAM: See What Happens (Visitor 6/6)
I do not know / If my external reality / Transforms / Fades away / Or becomes familiar…
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The Beauty of Burnout: How Law Makes Space for Grace
But the sculptor knows: wax is not destiny. Law is not permanence. Each is a shape meant to be outgrown.
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2025-12-10 SAM: Empty Handed (Visitor 5/6)
I was so worried / About making others / Honor the Child / That I carried // That I betrayed Him…
