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Dear Friend (On Wounding)
I am sorry that I caused you so much pain. That was not my intent. I should probably have noticed that this was becoming a painful discussion, and handled things differently.
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7/29 Limerick: Post-Occupied
Today I will be pre-occupied with Heaven And post-occupied with Earth
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7/28 Limeri-Quad: Good Expectations (“Heart breaks hell”)
Today I will risk / Feeling like hell / To destroy it
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7/27 Limerick: Compass-I-On
Love is the compass I’m on / When all direction is gone / A heart that’s made pure / Is what makes sure / My face is turned to His dawn
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7/26 Bi-Limerick: Schematize the Anxiety
I must admit I feel disgraced / When Jesus by fear is displaced… // The key to regaining shalom / Is to schematize this syndrome…
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7/25 Poem: Unstoppable
The curse of the flesh / Systems of the world / Make me to wish / My banner was furled…
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7/23 Limerick: Mercy Haver
If I’m to be more than cadaver / I must become a Mercy Haver / Mark 10:46-48
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7/22 Poem: Free Time
What would it take / For us to free / Time from the curse / Of Modernity?
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7/20 Bi-Limerick: Golden Rulers
Lord sometimes I feel like a fool / For following your Golden Rule
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7/19 Limerick: Utter Silence
If I am to myself be true / I must pour my heart out to You / I’ll only be heard / By forsaking word / To speak the truth by what I do
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7/18 Bi-Limerick: True Family
To walk this road without real shame / I first need to know my true name
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7/17 Limerick: Ignite the Fire 🔥
If we want the world to be made right / We need God’s fire to ignite / Not vengeance from throne / But hearts made His own / By yielding to heaven’s delight
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7/16 Doggerel: Bitter Cup
Today I will take my turn at bat / To share in Christ’s suffering / That I may reveal His glory / In me
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7/15 Bi-Limerick: Yoke Wisdom
Sometimes it seems a cruel joke / Christ’s promise of an easy yoke / The cross we must bear / Feels quite far from there / Regardless of words He has spoke…
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Revival Vs Church: Reflecting on “Avengers Christmas”
So what becomes of the church? It will focus on two things: 1. Corporate acts of mercy (represented by Santa) 2. Celebrating heroic expressions of Jesus (represented by the Avengers — and Santa)
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7/14 Poem: Promise Wept
This world that we live in is broken / And promises aren’t always kept / Yet my shattered faith was restored / When I saw that Jesus wept
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7/13 Limerick: Naive Hope
Lord, you have hidden your prize / From those who think they are wise
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Dream: Glory to God / Avenger Christmas
I am at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. / One of the (secular) bands is making everyone sing: Glory to God. / “Pretty wild, right?”
