Tag: family
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Hello, Officer (Hard Difficult Parts)
My first instinct is that this is a horrible idea, which Friday will immediately reject as unprofessional. After all, he is the embodiment of my own legalistic need for perfection.
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 2: The Way of the Son (Margam Makan)
Family expectations, while important, can sometimes be a source of bondage rather than blessing. But if families begin to prioritize grace—giving one another the freedom to follow God’s call while still affirming the bonds of love—this might break the cycle of heartbreak.
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ChatGPT as Aaron the Tamil, Part 1: Faith and Family
Together, Ziegenbalg and Aaron laid the foundation for a Tamil Christian identity that balanced faith with culture. While Ziegenbalg’s mission brought the Gospel to Tamil Nadu, Aaron embodied the transformation of faith in a local context, showing the possibility of a Tamil expression of Christianity. Their story continues to inspire…
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Dream: The Lost Supper (Self-Sabotage)
So / Deliberately / But without conscious thought / I knock over my plate…
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Dream: Female Archivist
The building is shaped like a pyramid / It functions like a temple or museum / With artifacts for people to worship / Or buy…
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Christ Our Head: An Invitation to the Spirit (10/27 to 11/6)
We Declare Christ is the Head of All creation…
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Cheapskate, Inc.
Earnest: Whaddya mean? Aren’t you the persona that flails me when I waste food, time, or money? / Cheapskate: No, sir! I’m just pointing things out. I’m the accountant. Not the enforcer. / Earnest: Um, then who… / Cheapskate: Meet Guido. / [Hat tip to Myth Inc. Link]
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Incarnating Christ (ChatGPT as Max Lucado)
ChatGPT, turn this concept into a one-page sermon in the style of Max Lucado.
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The UnGiver FINALE, Part 6/6: BloodHeart
“Strike me down, will you? Ready to take my place, and inherit my powers? Do it, then! Let someone else bear this burden, this unending torment. Kill me now, and damn yourself to hell.”
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The UnGiver, Part 5/6: BleakHeart
I sit at a table with my brother and apparently-not-dead long-lost Father. Refugees in a small shed on the estate of our mad mother. Wondering how in the name of the Emperor-Beyond-The-Sea I will find the Gift that can restore our family. When all I can look at is the…
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The UnGiver, Part 4/6: BoundHeart
The bottom falls out. Literally. The ground in front of the door opens up and swallows the two of them. Then seals up behind them. The birds, which had paused at their screams, resume their idle chatter. Leaving no sign they had ever been there.
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Dream: Family County
My first thought / When I woke up / Was that this was what the church should be / What our family should become…
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The UnGiver, Part 3/6: BrokeHeart
“My heart will only be truly free when we have paid our debt to the Emperor-beyond-the-sea, and I myself see him restore all that I wrongfully stole from you.”
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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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The UnGiver, Part 2/6: BraveHeart
Robbing: Well, sometimes Father would make cryptic or fanciful statements about getting a message from the emperor. I always assumed they were childish fairy tales to amuse us. But now I wonder… BraveHeart: Whether they were real, and the Hermit was the messenger of the emperor!
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Dream: RC Paper Airplane
The navigation is incredibly stressful / There’s almost no margin of error / I have to watch how the plane is behaving / Infer the wind currents / And delicately make minute adjustments / To keep the plane aloft / And on track
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12/14 Limerick: Ad-Options
When we felt we had no more options / Christ offered us God-adoptions
Radically Happy 