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Days of Elisha (ChatGPT as Twila Paris)
These are the days of His power, Immanuel reigning as King. / And these are the moments of wonders, As heaven and earth start to sing. / Though the world groans in its longing, The promise of hope is alive, / For Jesus has risen in glory, And through Him, His…
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2025-01-05 IAM: Unopposed (Wander 4/7)
The love of Jesus / Pulls me / Into the depths / The darkness / The despair / Of the underworld…
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A Tale of Two (Related) Topics – More Knowledge & Better Models
> I can understand Jesus’ crucifixion with my left brain, but honestly, it scares me to ask Holy Spirit to give me a right-brained, relational understanding of the Cross. The same is true for a right-brained, relational understanding of His resurrection.
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2025-01-04 SAM: Boundless (Wander 3/7)
“Your foot / Has not trod / Upon this ground / So it does not / Belong to you…”
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2025-01-03 IAM: Stepping (Wander 2/7)
I am a foreigner here / I don’t know which plants are poisonous / Or where viscous predators lie in wait…
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Hello, Officer (Hard Difficult Parts)
My first instinct is that this is a horrible idea, which Friday will immediately reject as unprofessional. After all, he is the embodiment of my own legalistic need for perfection.
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2024-12-31 IAM: Looking (Noel 7/7)
I see / The New Bethlehem / Rising from the earth / Like a babe / Emerging from his mother’s labor…
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2024-12-30 IAM: Here (Noel 6/7)
Simultaneously / Cut off from / Yet more present with / Everyone I knew…
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Hello, Stranger (Darkest Difficult Parts)
I emerge from the tunnel at the bottom of my psyche and stand up. / I see a small man, or older boy, wearing a hoodie with a white Guy Fawkes mask. / His voice is familiar. / Earnest: Are you… me?
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Director, Silent (Darker Difficult Parts)
He is sitting dead center in a screening room. / All alone. / Reviewing silent films. // Movies about me. / The story of my life…
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2024-12-28 IAM: Longer (Noel 4/7)
In my upside-down world / The ground of Jesus / Holds my feet / While my head / Dangles in space // The weight / Of my ego / Stretches me / Like spaghetti…
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2024-12-27 IAM: Ablaze (Noel 3/7)
Just when I had made my peace / With nothing happening / The world tilts / And heaven falls over…
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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…


