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Dream: Heart Surgery (True Intimacy)
But right now / It feels like your heart / Is being ripped out of your chest // Everything you thought you knew / About yourself / About her / About God // Feels like a lie…
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2024-11-14 IAM: Dwelling (Cipling 7/7)
The living water of Jesus / Bursting from His broken heart / Smashed me against the ceiling / Of the underground cavern // Atomizing my flesh / Freeing my soul…
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2024-11-13 IAM: Uplifted (Cipling 6/7)
The underground cavern / I have painfully squeezed into / Has a spiral river / Flowing uphill!
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2024-11-12 IAM: Railroaded (Cipling 5/7)
I get on my hands and knees / To slowly / Painfully / Methodically / Clear rubble from my path / And the path / Of any who choose to follow…
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Dream: Female Archivist
The building is shaped like a pyramid / It functions like a temple or museum / With artifacts for people to worship / Or buy…
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2024-11-11 IAM: Toppling (Cipling 4/7)
A hot wind blows. // The standing crowd staggers / The statue topples over / And starts quickly melting…
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The Lost Ceremony of Encommunication
Encommunication may be a “lost ceremony” in our history, but its principles are profoundly relevant. As we seek to foster deeper, more resilient communities of faith, encommunication could become a powerful practice of reconciliation and shared growth. After all, as Paul reminds us, “we are all one body” (Ephesians 4:4),…
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2024-11-10 SAM: Gathering (Cipling 3/7)
I see Jesus / In my reflections / In all the glass / On all the buildings and vehicles / Of a bustling city // I close my eyes. // It is too much…
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2024-11-09 IAM: Belonging (Cipling 2/7)
I look to Jesus. // He leads me out of the synagogue / Into a modern street…
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Dream: Independent Storytelling
I met somebody at a writing conference, and offered to visit her workplace and help start a writing club. She said she had a couple friends who’ve been wanting to do that…
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A Reluctant Prayer for President Trump
God, I must confess that I’ve had a judging attitude towards President Trump. That I’ve judged him based on his sins — which are many — but so are mine. And I like to think that his sins are worse than mine; and that is perhaps the worst sin of…
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2024-11-08 IAM: Sabbatical (Cipling 1/7)
I cry out: // “Lord forgive me / I have not honored your house / I have not kept the Sabbath”
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Hello, Keeper (Unhidden Difficult Parts)
I stand up and look. / Keeper is an intimidating 14-year old, with her mother’s fierce, intelligent eyes. / She’s staring at me suspiciously, with her hands on her hips. / I take a Moment…
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Anubis the Guardian: A Dialogue With Death
Servant: (looking at him with newfound sympathy) It’s not easy, is it? Being the god of death. / Narrator: And just like that, in an instant, Anubis’s usual mask of composure slipped, and for a moment, there was vulnerability. The god of death just shook his head and answered truthfully.…
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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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