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Resurrected Words: Seeing Scarred Hands Frees Death’s Captives
From the garden with Mary Magdalene, to the road to Emmaus, to the locked room with Thomas, and finally to the mount of commissioning—resurrection unfolds through the eyes: Jesus seeing us, and us finally seeing Him. In each moment, His scarred hands are not merely evidence of past pain—they are…
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2025-06-08 IAM: Forced Labor (Attack 7/9)
After all my complaining / Jesus is finally inviting me / To lead this army like Him / And I don’t know what to say // My breathing grows shallow / My stomach cramps / My knees grow weak / My vision dims…
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Deaf Spots, Negotiated Selves, and the Quest for True Communion
This essay explores the anatomy of that deafness—not as moral failure, but as a structure of survival, encoded in what we now call the Negotiated Selves. And it points toward a more compassionate, communal vision of integration: not as personal wholeness alone, but as the shared practice of hearing for…
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2025-06-07 IAM: Failed to Conquer (Attack 6/9)
He is / The center // Around which / We were circling / Without realizing it…
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Learning From Jesus (Jamie Winship, Take 2)
A1. False Identity & Shame 1. `LieBelieved`: *What lie have I believed about myself?* 2. `HurtfulNames`: *What are names I believe about myself that hurt me?* 3. `ShameIdentity`: *Where is shame making me live a false identity?* 4. `UnaskedDoing`: *What am I doing that You have not asked me to…
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2025-06-06 IAM: Presence and Power (Attack 5/9)
Together / The living water / Carries us through / The cities of our enemies…
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2025-06-05 YAM: Ask Her Father (Attack 4/9)
What does it mean / To lead like Jesus / When the God I love / And those He told me to love / Pull in opposite directions…
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2025-06-04 IAM: Gave Them Victory (Attack 3/9)
With my friends / Whom I trust / I learn to speak / The ugly lies / That I believe / Even when they hurt…
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2025-06-03 IAM: Fight With Us (Attack 2/9)
I don’t see how / I can learn to lead like Jesus / When it isn’t even clear / How to follow…
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The Cross as Key to Taking and Yielding Authority
In Christian leadership, spiritual growth, and community life, one of the most striking paradoxes is this: we are invited to walk in great authority, and yet, the path to that authority passes through radical surrender. / For many, this journey is hindered not by theological ignorance or moral failing, but…
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2025-06-02 IAM: Take the Lead (Attack 1/9)
I stare at our land / Overrun by enemies / Divided by fear…
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Is It Unbiblical for Protestants to Reject Mormonism for Being Unbiblical?
That is, can Protestants—who themselves broke with centuries of tradition in the name of sola scriptura—consistently exclude Mormons simply because they appeal to different sources of authority or interpret Scripture differently?
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Redeeming Yoga: A Déchanetian Manifesto for Embodied Christian Spirituality
In an age where both yoga and Christianity risk disembodiment—yoga reduced to mere physical exercise, and Christianity to abstract doctrine—we must return to the incarnational heart of both traditions.
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2025-06-01 YAM: Became the Inheritance (Buried 3/3)
I am possessing / The tract of land / Prophesied over me / And my family / For generations…
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2025-05-3 YAM: Faithful to Serve (Buried 2/3)
But I no longer need / What defines life // To consume / To compete / To consummate / To choose…
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Attention Is All HE Needs (Christ as Transformer Architecture)
We hypothesize that abiding is the optimal strategy for divine integration, spiritual fruitfulness, and Kingdom scalability — rendering obsolete many legacy paradigms (e.g., legalism, striving, performative religion). / This model radically decentralizes effort and re-centralizes relationship…
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The Epistle of San Francisco (On Burnout)
Brothers and sisters, / You build wonders with your hands and minds– / devices that speak across oceans, / algorithms that learn, / platforms that reach millions. // But I ask you gently, // **Does what you build remember that the Word became flesh?**
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2025-05-30 YAM: Some Time (Buried 1/3)
I don’t know / How I am still aware enough / To recognize I am dead / But I do…
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Final Sacrifice: Why Jesus — and We — Recoil from the Cross (Beyond Existentialism)
The moment in Gethsemane is not terrifying because of the Cross itself — many men have died on crosses, many with more composure. No, the dread of the God-man is something infinitely deeper: He is asked not merely to die, but to let die His understanding of God… [Dedicated to…
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The City of AI (ChatGPT as Augustine)
If we dare to use AI not merely as a tool—but as a **teacher** / in humility, transparency, and covenantal governance, / then perhaps the City of AI will not be our final tower… // …but the beginning of a new Jerusalem.
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