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Tag: heaven

  • 7/17 Limerick: Ignite the Fire đź”Ą

    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

  • 6/27 RSVP: Inverted Status

    Though salvation comes to us gratis 
 / His cross demands inverted status

  • Emmanuel Encounter: Un-Deserted

    And is this hard desert /
I longed to escape /
Merely the border /
Of heaven’s landscape?

  • 5/13 Poem: Heart Strategy

    When great success I hope to find 
 / I figure things out for my mind 
 / But mayhap the best place to start 
 / Is building a plan for my heart

  • 4/5 Limerick: Hidden Gifts

    If we want to make progress swift / We must seek out the hidden gift / The gem in the rough / And joy in the tough / Is what earth to heaven will lift!

  • 2/28 Poem: Stepway to Heaven

    The pathway to heaven / Is not a long stair

  • 2/14 Limericks: Greatest Delight

    There’s many delights in this world
 / That we chase with banners unfurled

  • 1/28 RSVP: Heaven Manifest

    What are the contents of heaven 
/ With which this world we must leaven?

  • 1/1 Poem: Favor-ite

    When I share the grace I’ve been given 
 / They too will see earth feel like heaven

  • 12/18 Limerick: Under-Shadow

    The less I trust me / The more I can see

  • 12/15 Poem: Right Suffering

    The real source of pain
 / It now seems to me
 / Is where I conflict
 / With reality

  • 12/3 Limericks: Playing Christ

    It is fun, in our hearts, to play God / To expose our enemies’ fraud

  • Limerick: For Givenness

    The secret to life that’s worth livin’ Is how much we feel we’ve been given

  • Limerick: Worm Appointed

    We all have appointments with worms 
(Though the thought still makes us squirm)

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 5: Eagle Sighs

    Redeeming Animism, Part 5: Eagle Sighs

    Qhuinn: I believe the correct canine response is: “Grr, stay away from me and my friends!” A. Ooh, you can talk. Who’s a cute puppy? Who’s a cute puppy! Q. I say, stop that. I’m not actually a dog. No, please, not the feathers. I’m really the incarnation of… Ooh!…

  • Redeeming Ares, Part 3: Un-Hasty Hestia

    Redeeming Ares, Part 3: Un-Hasty Hestia

    I am bustled in by a grandmotherly lady. 
I can’t tell whether she is an Italian, Jewish, or Indian mother. 
Then I realize she is probably the prototype for all of them… H. Have a seat! Drink some tea. Take your coat off. No, don’t worry about your shoes. Tsch,…

  • Prayer Bears

    The primary job of prayer Is that love we bear We may think we care Yet we rarely dare To give more than our share

  • Christianity Beyond, Draft 1

    Bringing Heaven to Earth. One Cross at a Time. [Update: see my background thinking in Draft 2] Christianity Beyond is a movement of ordinary people who are learning how to make the same kind of extraordinary impact as the Jesus they love.  We honor all the ways people have sought…

  • LEAD! C.12 Joy in the Journey

    In Which We Begin to Pursue the End… This is the final lesson in our series, but hopefully just the beginning of your journey in understanding what it means to lead others — and yourself — into the “name” of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As we proceed to…

  • LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    In thinking about it, I realized I should take my Curriculum one step further, and actually identify the passages and key learnings for each lesson. Not only will this help ensure I’m on the same page as my pastor, but it would enable others to write some of the lessons…