Radically Happy

  • 11/28 Haiku: Piece Broker

    And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Luke 22:19 Body once broken Has become our peace token New life unspoken Today I will break good

  • 11/27 Haiku: Coal-ed Hearts

    Hat tip to The Lonely Ember Fire fills my cold heart Love burns walls that keep apart We God’s Kingdom start “Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing,…

  • Palladium: The Other Golden Rule

    Palladium: The Other Golden Rule

    I will love my Other / As Christ has loved me

  • 11/26 Bi-Limerick: Time to (Fig) Leave

    Today I will leave my shame / At the cross of Christ / So Others can leave theirs / At mine

  • 11/25 Tri-Limerick: Know Fear

    Yet fear ain’t a foe to be slain / 
But a helpful totem of pain

  • 11/24 Tri-Limerick: Stone-Cornered

    Today I will let His word / 
Break everything off me / 
That is not Him

  • 11/23 Tri-Quatrain: 401 Unauthorized

    Hat tip to the status code One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation’s leaders asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?” ‬‬ ‭‭Luke‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭CEV Authority…

  • Lecherio: Eleventh Night, or As You Love It

    Lecherio: [angry] Damn you! Why must you be so annoying? / Fool: [mimicking Lecherio] Why must YOU be so annoying?

  • 11/22 Epic Poem: Go For Broke

    11/22 Epic Poem: Go For Broke

    Today I will risk it all 
 / For Love

  • 11/21 Tri-Quatrain: Open Heart Surge, Re:

    Lord if I’m to be Your bride / 
Then I’ll need a hole in my side

  • 11/20 Quatrain: Thought Wive

    Hat tip to thought life. Lord help me to train My runaway brain So that I espouse You LORD of my house Today I will let Christ Weave Me into Him

  • 11/19 Bi-Limerick: Un-Trapped

    11/19 Bi-Limerick: Un-Trapped

    I know it makes me a clod
 / But sometimes I try to trap God…

  • 11/18 Epic Poem: Hard True

    11/18 Epic Poem: Hard True

    To speak truth in love / 
Is not just an act / 
But daring to delve / 
Into deeper fact…

  • V8 Grace: The Eternal Combustion Engine

    What practice must we master to grow all of us closer to Jesus? * The exceptional path of Following The Way of Christ (all the way to the cross).

  • 11/17 Tri-Limerick: Dis-Answering

    My brain does this annoying thing
 / Of compulsively answering

  • 11/16 Limerick: Model Behavior

    If we dare to model our Savior We must unlearn worldly behavior My pride in my Self I store on the shelf To unhide His sweet subtle flavior Today I will Transparency To reveal Christ inna’ me Jesus, knowing their thoughts, called them to his side and said “Kings and…

  • 11/15 Limerick: Deep Move

    Matthew 20:34: Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him. To get us unstuck from our groove We need to share in Christ’s deep move Passions awake Amidst heartbreak As love of the Father we prove Today I will make time…

  • 11/14 Limerick: Ask-ance

    If we are to live Christ’s romance We must forfeit looking askance When His cup we drink Our egos will shrink As hearts join His eternal dance “What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to…

  • Baptism of Fire: The Shortest Catechism

    Do you want to be a disciple of Jesus?

  • 11/13 Quatrain: Rocks That Vote

    Hat tip to Rock the Vote Rocks have no choice but to sing That Jesus alone is our King But I must decide with my note That heaven transcends earthly vote Today I will dare to prepare For a Kingdom not of this world When Jesus started down the Mount…