Tag: marriage
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4/8 Poem: Seeking NoMan
NoMan can face all these problems / NoMan can suffer with grace / NoMan will bring forth your Kingdom / For only NoMan sees your face
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Mrs. Jesus: The Complete Series
What if what I want most is to be the Wife of Christ, not just His Bride? What would that even mean? I don’t know if this story is _the_ answer, to that question; but it is certainly _an_ answer…
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3/2 Limericks: By His Side
Since Jesus called us His Bride / We long to be by His side // Yet there’s so much more to this vow…
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Mrs. Jesus #5/7: Wood Friday
The woman sits alone In a dark room She has been binging She knows it isn’t healthy She doesn’t care She needs this
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Repost: God Anointed You (Pure Glory)
The Spirit of the Lord has anointed “You,” to bring good news to the poor, to comfort the brokenhearted, to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent “You,” to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and…
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Mrs. Jesus #4/7: Thor’s Hammer Day
Today I am getting my nails done. I am terrified. It’s days like these I ask myself why I ever married Jesus…
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Mrs. Jesus #3/7: Wed-ness Day
He takes my other hand as I gaze up through my lashes into his warm brown eyes. “I want to come work with you.” He smiles. Though a tear begins to course down his cheek. And I can feel the tension in his muscles.
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Mrs. Jesus #2/7: Two’s Day Out
“Well, today is bring your wife to work day!” I make appreciative noises, like I’m happy about this. Yet I can’t help but notice that His smile doesn’t reach His eyes.
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11/3 Limerick: Miss-Conception
Union with Christ, if it’s true Leads to reproducing You
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11/1 Poem: Bridegroom-Redeemer
When I am facing my doom I need a redeeming bridegroom
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Poem: Point of Marriage
The point of marriage, it seems to me Is that we mirror the Trinity
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Divorcing the War on Marriage
We seem to be ignoring a painful reality. The church lost the war on marriage decades ago: on the issue of divorce. Maybe we should take the time to understand why before we make the same mistakes all over again.
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Mrs. Jesus #1/7: Blew Monday
The scene is a cozy suburban house from the 1950s. Black and white, like in The Dick van Dyke show or WandaVision. The door opens. Jesus: Hi honey, I’m home!
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Sex 202. Loving Terrorsaur
She is not an object of desire. She is not even human. Yet she is my next quest. Pterosaur Her: Why can’t you just leaves her alone? I look at her. I’m sure I could kill her. I know I want to.
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Poem: Uncomfortably Grateful
We say that God is good When we dine on comfort food Much harder to confess When we feel under duress
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For Father’s Day (From Andrew Williams)
This Father’s Day (and Juneteenth) I am reblogging a post from my friend and hero, Andrew Williams. Dear Dad, I know it’s been since 2009 that you’ve been gone. My hope is to see you again in heaven some day. I am writing a letter that has been … For…
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Hosea’s Lament
To the tune of Psalm 22. Oh Lord! How long must I wait? How long will you leave me in dismay? The one I love has turned against me. Her teeth rip into my skin. Hard sticks break my bones. Lord, I am not innocent in your eyes. Who can…
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Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1. I follow Jesus through the back wall of the temple, marching straight toward where the goddess awaits. She is there, unsurprised by my presence. Beautiful, beyond all earthly beauty. A slight mysterious smile on her lips. She is wreathed in a flowing gown that enhances rather…
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Reclaiming Eden, Part I: Eve’s Triumph
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal GOD had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?” The Woman smiled and said to the serpent, “Not at all. Actually, God did not tell…
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