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Hello, Trauma (Hidden Difficult Parts)
Then I realize he is more likely to show up — or at least I am more likely to notice him — when I am stressed, frustrated, or stuck. / That’s when I know his name.
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2024-11-06 SAM: Success (Yoked 9/9)
My broken body / Torn into pieces / Became lighter / Floating / Spreading to the four winds…
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2024-11-05 SAM: Unthinkable (Yoked 8/9)
My Jesus-lizard feet / Cannot keep me up / Because I have stopped running / To worship Him…
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My Lament: A Cry for Vindication
O Lord / You know / How those who were jealous / Mocked me / Poisoned me / Condemned me / Persecuted me…
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2024-11-04 SAM: Descending (Yoked 7/9)
“He is not here / He has risen / Seek Him / In the naked, poor, and imprisoned”
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Culture, Community, and Computation vs. Christ: How Jesus Reveals Our True Identity
As we embrace this identity in Christ, we can step confidently into the world, fully ourselves, knowing that we don’t need to fit into a mold, perform for others, or chase after likes to feel significant. We can appreciate culture without losing ourselves in it, engage with community while staying…
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Saving Grace – From the Law! (Communal Stewardiship)
The idea of “stewardship” over “leadership” in this context is quite compelling. It’s a shift in perspective to a communal and interconnected sense of responsibility rather than a hierarchical structure where leadership is perceived as authoritative.
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2024-11-03 SAM: Summoning (Yoked 6/9)
The call / Elevates me / From a slow shell-less turtle / To a fleet basilisk / Running across the waves / Spreading the good news…
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The Triple Transfiguration: Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Ascension (ChatGPT as G.K. Chesterton)
In the end, we discover that to “lay down our lives” is not so much an act of destruction as an act of creation. In losing ourselves, we are remade; in surrendering our will, we find our true freedom; in embracing death, we encounter a love stronger than death itself.…
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2024-11-02 SAM: Aquatic (Yoked 5/9)
His words sound ridiculous / But no more so than what has already happened / So I listen and obey…
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2024-11-01 SAM: Undefeatable (Yoked 4/9)
My hard turtle body / Can block the castle gate / While their weapons shatter / Against my shell…
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Tick the Watchdog (Modern Difficult Parts)
Tick: What do you want? / Earnest: Ah, I believe you represent the “modern” part of me that is obsessed with time and efficiency, as opposed to the traditional values of relationship and conformity.
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The Heroes We Didn’t Need: A Lame Quest for Redemption (by ChatGPT)
Wizard: (Waving a crumpled map) You’re my last hope. No one else would take this job. You four are the only ones left. / Bindle: (Brightly, trying to bolster the group) And maybe that’s why we’re the chosen ones! The heroes from humble beginnings! Rising up to– (His lute strings…
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2024-10-31 SAM: Un-Opposable (Yoked 3/9)
Yet somehow I have been cursed / With a slow, soft turtle-voice / Clumsy turtle-hands / Awkward turtle-feet / And a heavy turtle-back…
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2024-10-30 SAM: Far Terror (Yoked 2/9)
I realize / My own panic / Which I thought was controlled / Is controlling me…
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Dream: Indian Baggage
I tell my mom about the lost luggage. / She grows concerned. / This is India. / People are not as trustworthy. / They may not send the luggage. / It may get stolen en route…
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2024-10-29 SAM: Better & Worse (Yoked 1/9)
The castle is warm and dry / But poorly defended / And running out of gold…
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ICAME: Incarnating Spiritual Maturity (with AI Larry Crab)
1. Infants love the _pleasures of this world_ because they crave **nurture** / 2. Children love the _law of the Father_, because they crave **security**. / 3. Adolescents love the _power of the Spirit_, because they crave **freedom** / 4. Mature love _bearing a cross_ because they crave **responsiblity** /…
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2024-10-28 IAM: Re-Generation (Stoned 3/3)
He walks through the city of stone / In the cool of the day / Like it is an organic garden / Though made of minerals…
