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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…
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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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