• 2/13 IAM: Intimately Known

    2/13 IAM: Intimately Known

    I look for Jesus. / He is there / Exactly where He is supposed to be / Standing at the altar // Except… / He isn’t looking at me / Or for me // My heart breaks…

  • 2/12 IAM: Super Vulnerable! (INRI, Part 6 of 6)

    2/12 IAM: Super Vulnerable! (INRI, Part 6 of 6)

    I take the purple sash from my hips / And tie it around my neck / Like a superhero cape // The crown of thorns / Stays on my waist / Like Batman’s utility belt…

  • Sex 403: Not the Bees

    Sex 403: Not the Bees

    I see an elderly yet somehow ageless woman / Smiling maternally at the bees as they go about their business. / Without thinking I blurt out… / The Earnest Redeemer: Don’t trust them! They will fail you. They won’t live long enough to fulfill their purpose!

  • Sex 402: Big Sir

    Sex 402: Big Sir

    Father Time: You’re not listening. And even if you were, Sex is not a thing you can comprehend with words. It must be experienced. Stop talking. Look!

  • 2/11 IAM: A Walking Paradox (INRI, Part 5 of 6)

    2/11 IAM: A Walking Paradox (INRI, Part 5 of 6)

    Behind me / Are natural enemies / Predator and pray / Villain and victim // I cannot control them / Though I have been fool enough to try…

  • Sex 401: Love and War

    Sex 401: Love and War

    The Earnest Redeemer: Okay. That, right there. Specifically, there’s two distinct dimensions of Sex I don’t know how to reconcile. 1. Love (indicating Aphrodite) seems inherently symmetric. Sex as mutual pleasure, mutual consent, mutual joy to build the long-term parental partnerships undergirding a family. 2. War (glancing at Ares) is…

  • 2/10 IAM: Faith-Fully Clothed (INRI, Part 4 of 6)

    2/10 IAM: Faith-Fully Clothed (INRI, Part 4 of 6)

    He wraps the sash around my waist / 
And belts it on with His crown of thorns

  • 2/9 IAM: Rightly Judged (INRI, Part 3 of 6)

    2/9 IAM: Rightly Judged (INRI, Part 3 of 6)

    The (s)word of Jesus pierces my heart / Slicing through my umbilical cord / Pinning me to the ground // I want to scream / But there is no pain / Rather… relief?

  • 2/8 IAM: Terrifyingly Open (INRI, Part 2 of 6)

    2/8 IAM: Terrifyingly Open (INRI, Part 2 of 6)

    When Jesus opens my tomb / A giant, green, venomous snake pops up / Hissing furiously at Jesus…

  • 2/7 IAM: Fearfully Incomplete (INRI, Part 1 of 6)

    2/7 IAM: Fearfully Incomplete (INRI, Part 1 of 6)

    It is heavy / Cold and wet // But safe / Like a sarcophagus // I don’t even know what I am hiding from / But I am afraid to find out…

  • 2/6 IAM: Anchored

    2/6 IAM: Anchored

    Each time I lift a leg to step forward / The suction fights me / Pulls me back / Keeps me stuck / Bogged down / Repeating the same mistakes over and over…

  • 2/5 IAM: Revelatory

    2/5 IAM: Revelatory

    No power. / No running water. / But we are happy. // We are together. / We have a purpose. / We are in love with Jesus and each other…

  • 2/4 IAM: Mobilizing

    2/4 IAM: Mobilizing

    Why is the enemy afraid of me? / 
What does he know — that I don’t — which makes him want to destroy me before I find out?

  • Quest for the Golden Apple of Eden (Meta AI)

    Quest for the Golden Apple of Eden (Meta AI)

    Conversation with the Dungeon Master [Reformatted, but not edited] DM: I am the Dungeon Master. Ready for an adventure? Be warned — your choice is your fate. Son: What is the most dangerous quest? DM: The quest for the Golden Apple of Eden. It is said to grant eternal life…

  • 2/3 IAM: Plotting

    2/3 IAM: Plotting

    I don’t know where I am going / But it is important I get there / It is urgent I get there / Before time runs out…

  • 2/2 IAM: Under-Standing

    2/2 IAM: Under-Standing

    I am standing under a giant mushroom / Icky goo is falling all over me // I hate it / But the stuff falling outside is worse…

  • 2/1 IAM: Fearfully Wise

    2/1 IAM: Fearfully Wise

    The jungle does not go away
 / But it humbles itself before Him

  • 1/31 IAM: Un-Stumped

    1/31 IAM: Un-Stumped

    Why did it have to be there? / Who put it there? / Is someone deliberately being difficult? // Belatedly / I look for Jesus…

  • 1/30 IAM: The Yokes On You

    1/30 IAM: The Yokes On You

    But I am torn between the tension / Of wanting to give people what I have/ And knowing I often give them myself / Rather than Jesus / Just to ease my own pain…

  • Dream: Sky Dancer

    Dream: Sky Dancer

    My enemies are powerful / But also insane / I take to the skies / To safeguard my brain…