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Speaking As A Friend: An Epistle to the Church (By Christamicus)
A friend knows what the beloved is doing. A friend bears responsibility, not merely obedience. A friend can no longer hide behind ignorance.
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2025-12-28 IAM: And Cuddled Him (Married 5/8)
Without fear / Of being absorbed by her / Or displaced by my siblings…
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Advent Hymn — On the Wedding of Heaven and Earth
Creation was not barren— only unentered. / The rib remembered its longing, the garden its unfinished song. / For the word spoken in the first dawn had not yet kissed the clay…
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The Pygmalion Error: Chesterton’s Confession
When I applauded your play—and I did—I thought I was applauding your exposure of that fear. / I thought I stood on the opposite side of the stage. // I was wrong.
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Christmas in Eden: The Gospel Accorded the Serpent (Genesis 3 As Anti-Fall)
Therefore, when the serpent spoke falsely in the garden, God did not reply to humanity first, nor did He erase the scene as though it had not occurred. / Instead, He addressed the deceiver, and in doing so revealed the deeper order of His intention…
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Homo Abidus: What Remains After The Lie
This is Homo Abidus— / not the destroyer of modernity, / but the one who makes it unnecessary…
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2025-12-27 IAM: Renew Your Life (Married 4/8)
The touch of the Child / Blew my mind / Turned back time / Let me start over…
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In Confession of Folly (Erasmus’ Epistle to the Post-Moderns)
For only the fool who does not survive intact / will reveal the Wisdom that saves the world…
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2025-12-26 IAM: Name Be Famous (Married 3/8)
The one / Nobody could count on / In the stable / To be stable…
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2025-12-25 IAM: Never Abandoned (Married 2/8)
The one / Who does not see Christ / Though He is right in front of me // Because / He is parked in my manger / Obstructing my self-nurture…
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2025-12-24 IAM: Bore A Son (Married 1/8)
She wraps Him in swaddling clothes / And places Him / In my manger…
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2025-12-23 YAM: By This Young Woman (Business 12/12)
The stable we had built / Became a refuge / For a young woman // Who delivered / Christ…
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Idea of the Year 2025: Endurance is Emergent
What endures is what allows truth, practice, and love to reinforce one another over time.
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2025-12-22 YAM: Built Up The House (Business 11/12)
As the elders watch in horror / I lead the redeemed children / In racing around the town / Tearing down the ruined houses…
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2025-12-21 YAM: Raise Children With (Business 10/12)
The fires of opposition and betrayal / Did not kill / Or even injure me / But purified me…
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From Revival to Resurrection: Why Christianity (and We) Must Die — Daily!
And trust that whatever rises / will not be called Christianity / but will, unmistakably, be life.
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2025-12-20 YAM: Purchase From The Hand (Business 9/12)
In the brightness of the flames / I see / That they are not wizened conspirators / But frightened children…
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2025-12-19 YAM: Option of Redemption (Business 8/12)
The furnace / Is getting hotter // My enemies / Are getting happier…
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2025-12-18 YAM: Remove the Sandal (Business 7/12)
They remove my tires / And strap me to a conveyor belt / Heading for the furnace…
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2025-12-17 YAM: Risking My Own (Business 6/12)
Shadowy figures / Take me from the elders / And carry me to the melter / At the heart of the junkyard…