Radically Happy

  • Poem: Yoke-I-Bear

    Is Christ’s “easy yoke” More than a sick joke?

  • Immanuel Encounter: KnowsMore Redeemed

    For being a Redeemer In My Image Is learning How to be filled And emptied To create space For Me If you had only received Good You would never need to be emptied And you would never have known Or needed My Grace And Salvation That I purchased With My…

  • 6/12 RSVP: Un-Binding Pharisees

    It is easy To identify To despise To fear Pharisees Much harder To redeem one Much harder To recognize We might be one

  • (Active) Listening to Part Of Me

    E. Okay, here’s the next question: what makes it hard to believe God might give that to you? K. That’s a stupid question! E. … Um, do you need a Moment?

  • Judicious Interruptus: I, KnowsMore

    Reflective introspection journaling 
To help me understand why 
I failed to manifest 
The fruit of the Spirit 
And where I need 
More Jesus

  • Requiem for The Flesh

    Because the same instincts 
Shame uses 
To save our lives 
From dying 
It uses 
To save itself 
From the cross

  • Mighty Weak

    Only when we are weak 
In ourselves 
Can we be mighty 
In Him

  • LifeView: Part-y of God [from iHack]

    Over on my professional blog iHack, I’ve been working through the excellent book Designing Your Life. In addition to articulating a philosophy of work (WorkView), they challenge us to write down a philosophy of life (LifeView). Since that obviously overlaps with my spiritual journaling here, I decided to repost it.…

  • Un-Self-Deceived

    We are deceived 
By our Self 
Because we are deceived 
About our Self

  • Curing Self-Deficit Disorder

    The only cure 
For our Self 
Is God Himself

  • un-Cloaked

    Joseph was known For his Cloak But he is remembered For his Character Which was only revealed When un-Cloaked

  • Maxistry (vs Ministry)

    Maybe
The end of our rope 
Is only the beginning 
Of our true discipleship

  • Christos Nika

    I could use
More role models
Of what it looks like
To conquer
Like Christ

  • Fruit vs Counter-Fruit

    We were created To cultivate And consume The Fruit of the Spirit We are so desperate for fruit We will fake it With counterfeit Counter-Fruit

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 4: Effacing Death

    Redeeming Animism, Part 4: Effacing Death

    Maybe this is what Dr. Strange felt Living a million lifetimes in Infinity War Dying a thousand deaths in the Dark Dimension I see my life All my lives And they all end in death But not always Sometimes I live out my natural days And those Those are worse

  • Message-ers

    Messagers
Live a Message 
So profound 
It reshapes external reality 
To match our internal 
And His Eternal

  • The Alien Gospel

    To belong 
To His Kingdom 
Makes us aliens 
To this one

  • How to Take Up Our Cross Daily?

    Searching for THE right question.

  • A Covenant for Renewal

    Lord, unify your family, starting with mine.

  • Sub-Division in the Body of Christ

    I am not Defined by my pain Though I can be Described by it I am Defined By the pains He took To make me me To make me His To make Him mine