Tag: humility
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9/24 Epic Poem: Re-Pent-Up (Christing)
For it’s my own religious pride / That zeal must burn up from inside / For it is the urge to condemn / That I have in common with them
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8/8 Tri-Limerick: Don’t Look Down
If we want to share in Christ’s crown / We need to stop looking down / On those who fail / Because our scale / Judges they deserve our frown…
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Dream: Spy Girl
The young woman is smart.Well-dressed.Confident. She enters a room with a man old enough to be her father.It is some sort of office or library.She has a professional question for him. He is rude.Dismissive.Demeaning to the point of being violating. But he eventually answers her question.After asserting his status.And putting…
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4/3 Limerick: In God Wee Trust
Though we are lighter than dust / It matters in which God we trust / If we dare His face / Our cross unlocks grace / And heaven breaks through worldly crust
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2/3 Limerick: Passed Understanding
As Father you feel quite demanding / Because you see Me as expanding
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12/25 Christmas Poem: Seeking God, The
We serve a God who seeks / Amidst the milds and meeks / Those of a humble heart / Where grace can have its start
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12/19 Poem: Beginner’s End
If we hope to finish the race / We must be willing to face / The limits of our competence / Even before we commence
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11/7 Limerick: In Significance
It hurts to feel small and alone In a world where the rest seem at home
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Poem: Consumption Presumption
But what if the tables are turned And Grace is not something I earned
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Limerick: Heart for Hard Tests
When we find ourselves failing life’s test Seek out One who knows us best
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Diarogue 5/7: Seer, Wisdom
Seer: But what good hath I done? Hast I not wasteth my life, if all I do is see and not act? Thena: Seer, you surprise me! Do you truly not see the great power of seeing?
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Preparing to See God’s Glory
We long for God’s radiant glory But rarely remember How much it terrifies Those who experience it Maybe we need To build up our endurance By training our eyes Or our hearts To see the depths of our sin And His grace So that we can bear to be around…
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Mary’s Christmas: A Lament
O God, why me? Why does it have to be me? Why did you have to choose me?
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Dream: Leadership Train. Ing.
I am on a people-mover Like a train of roller-coaster cars But we are stopped on level ground At least for a moment Each car represents a different level of leadership I am in the third or fourth Perhaps moving from third to fourth
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Socrates Repents (An Alternative “Apology”)
[I realize this looks like (and probably is) a harsh critique of the most revered figure in philosophy (Hat Tip to Taleb for stating it first). But I didn’t write it about him. I wrote it about me.]
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The Virtue and Emotion Pride
One of the most controversial aspects of Knight Club is that it treats pride (“By Myself”) like anger (“Not Fair”): an emotion which is prone to sin, but is not necessarily a sin — and can even be a virtue. While it is true that the vast majority of Bible…
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LEAD! C.5 Studying Scripture
The Word of God is a lamp to our feet — but only if we know how to turn it on and where to shine it. Memory Verse: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of…
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LEAD! B.5 From Pride to Humility
Pride is the deadliest of the deadly sins, and the one we tend to least recognize in ourselves. Embracing godly humility is a foundation for all the other virtues.
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LEAD! Part B: Christian Character
As mentioned earlier, the LEAD! Bible Study is a tripod, built on three legs: theological education character formation skill development Having finished writing the lessons for Part A, we now turn out attention to the second trimester (which the class will start in January). This blog post is for the…
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