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Fear, Anger, and Shame: How the Magi Redeem Cain
Gifts of Immanuel versus Mark of Cain – Gold of Father’s wisdom versus clay of fear – Frankincense of Spirit’s power versus charcoal of anger – Myrrh of Christ’s love versus wheel of shame Assume a literal Cain…
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2024-12-26 IAM: Unhoused (Noel 2/7)
I have left / The sheep of my thoughts / The shelter of my ego / The heights of my arrogance / The depths of my despair // All that is left / Is the fog of uncertainty…
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 2: The Way of the Son (Margam Makan)
Family expectations, while important, can sometimes be a source of bondage rather than blessing. But if families begin to prioritize grace—giving one another the freedom to follow God’s call while still affirming the bonds of love—this might break the cycle of heartbreak.
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2024-12-25 IAM: Dominated (Noel 1/7)
MIC Check Today’s Most Important Challenge is… Immanuel Approach Memo I am… shepherding my thoughts. It is not easy workBut I’ve learned to enjoy it I’ve befriended most of the sheepThough there are still unruly onesI often need to chase down UsuallyI am too focused on themTo look up at…
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2024-12-24 SAM: Uplifted
A twisted mess of contradictions / At the center of my own universe // It is all I can do / To hold it together…
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2024-12-23 YAM: Desirable (Mouthless 5/5)
I am simultaneously / Emptied and filled / Connected and separated / Losing and finding myself…
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 1: Faith and Family
Together, Ziegenbalg and Aaron laid the foundation for a Tamil Christian identity that balanced faith with culture. While Ziegenbalg’s mission brought the Gospel to Tamil Nadu, Aaron embodied the transformation of faith in a local context, showing the possibility of a Tamil expression of Christianity. Their story continues to inspire…
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2024-12-22 YAM: Harvested (Mouthless 4/5)
Jesus opens His mouth / And cuts a door / In the fabric of reality / Takes me by the hand / And pulls me with Him…
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From Walls of Shame to Webs of Grace: A Christmas Homily for the Third Millennium (ChatGPT As Pope Benedict VIII, 1024)
This Christmas, let us dismantle the walls of shame in our hearts and in our communities. Let us weave the web of grace, living as witnesses to the hope and joy of Christ.
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2024-12-21 YAM: Come Union (Mouthless 3/5)
Jesus has come / To claim me as His Bride // But I have no mouth / To speak the words / That lay on my heart…
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2024-12-20 YAM: Belonging (Mouthless 2/5)
I am in the chorus line / All by myself / Yet unable to sing / For I have no mouth…
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2024-12-19 YAM: Interceding (Mouthless 1/5)
Mischievous children / Who knew no better / Struck me with a stick / Knocking off my lips / Leaving a hollow spot // I want to cry out / But cannot…
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2024-12-18 IAM: Clothed (Alive 8/8)
I am… human. / Formed from the dust / Of stars, soil and strife // I am overcome / By the naked horror / Of their sacrifice // I cannot lift my head / To see the Father…
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I Am the Drummer Boy
I neither sought the holy face, / Nor felt the heavens nudge, / A clumsy soul, unworthy there, / No angel’s whispered judge…
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A Most Fantastic Christmas (ChatGPT as Stan Lee)
ChatGPT Prompt: As Dickens, write a Christmas fable where a hum-buggy Reed Richards discovers the ‘reciprocal zone’: a place where the finite and transfinite switch places, and evil is somehow grievingly rejoiced in as the harbinger of good. This leads him to a profound insight into the cross of Christ,…
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2024-12-17 YAM: Abounding (Alive 7/8)
I am the animals / My carbon locked / In every cell of their body / As they feast on plants / And each other…
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2024-12-16 YAM: Dispersed (Alive 6/8)
Together / We break down the diamond / Into charcoal Fertilized by the blood of Jesus…
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The Three Mangers: A Christmas Testament to Jean Valjean
In French, manger means “to eat,” and in this, the symbol becomes layered. The manger is not just a place of humility—it is a place where hunger is met, where nourishment is given. For Jean Valjean, the manger appeared three times in his life, each time transforming him.
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2024-12-15 SAM: Doubled (Alive 5/8)
Every piece / Torn out my broken heart / Becomes a colony / A garden / An undersea forest…
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A Postmodern Dwelling: Bethel’s Gospel to the Pirahã (ChatGPT on Missions)
Ana: I’ve been preparing for years. I studied anthropology and Indigenous oral traditions because I wanted to understand how people experience truth outside of written frameworks. And I’ve spent time in cultures where trust and relationship matter more than doctrine or structure. I believe the only way to reach the…