Tag: death
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1. Imaginal Dei: Unfolding the Divine Within
The Imaginal Dei—God’s implanted design—is not a foreign imposition, but our truest nature made manifest.
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Hello, Death (Hardest Difficult Parts)
Concluding from Hello, Family. The kids — Friendship, Affection, Stranger — have all gone to bed. I’m outside having drink with Resilience while Dialogue preps for a case tomorrow. Suddenly we hear footsteps. Reapparence Resilience: [pointing] There they are, Earnest. I look and see Officer and Debater heading our way.…
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Prayer: Blessing in Brokeness
Lord, we bless Your name because You are near to the brokenhearted and save those who are crushed in spirit…
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Anubis the Guardian: A Dialogue With Death
Servant: (looking at him with newfound sympathy) It’s not easy, is it? Being the god of death. / Narrator: And just like that, in an instant, Anubis’s usual mask of composure slipped, and for a moment, there was vulnerability. The god of death just shook his head and answered truthfully.…
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Dream: Indian Baggage
I tell my mom about the lost luggage. / She grows concerned. / This is India. / People are not as trustworthy. / They may not send the luggage. / It may get stolen en route…
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12/26 Limerick: Holimess (O Easter Tree)
Hat tip to O Tannenbaum Lord it is so hard to see How to become the best version of me Perhaps because I First have to die For presents under the Easter tree Today I will receiveEvery good and perfect giftNo matter the cost
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12/20 Quatrain: Curtain Call
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle Luke 23:45 The veil from the temple was torn So our new life could be born Yet holiest holies inside Are still only seen when we’ve died Today…
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11/11 Limerick: Right Left Behind
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 Devotion can lead to heartbreak Which may or may not be a mistake…
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10/31 Poem: As Your Self
The hardest question / God calls from above: / First ask your Self / Which Self do “I” love?
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10/25 Poem: Gate Expectations
Hat tip to the Dickens I’m deeply embarrassed to state How my expectations do gate The gifts which You so long to give That I may abundantly live
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10/21 Limerick: Free Joy
In times where hate seeks to destroy / Disciples must learn to free joy / In Christ’s holy nation / Fear’s self-preservation / Gives way to the cross we employ
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10/1 Tri-Limerick: Deshamed Alive (Prodigal Greatness)
Shame is the nature of life / The price we pay to avoid strife…
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9/17 Poem: One In-Courage-Meant
Today I receive the courage To lose everything To unite all things With Him If we want the world to be free We Christians must show unity But instead behind walls we hide Because our traditions divide
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8/30 Limerick: Deadly Truth
If we could true knowledge attain It’s fullness would explode our brain But when God imparts His truth to our hearts Self dies — so that with Him, we reign
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8/29 Limerick: Daily Bred
To gain the revival we need You must, a new kind of me, breed As each day I die I give up my “why” And learn how to follow Your lead Today I will breed my whys Into His wise
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8/26 Poem: Nowternity
Heaven is not Just some distant fate Where I find joy At a pearly gate The Kingdom of Christ That He called Good News We’re meant to live out With muscle and thews
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8/13 Epic Poem: Already Kingdom
When cares of this world / Make my heart wring / Christ calls to my soul: / “I’m already King” // “You’ve got to be kidding” / I say to His face / “Why would the Father / Intend this disgrace?”…
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8/11 Poem: I AM… The Way Truth Lifes
Q. What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? A. Become the Way Truth Lifes
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7/29 Limerick: Post-Occupied
Today I will be pre-occupied with Heaven And post-occupied with Earth
Radically Happy 