Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”
John 8:10
There must be something in my brainstem
That causes the Unseen Condemn
Tag Archives: reconciliation
5/23 Poem: Women’s Trust
StandardJoanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
Luke 8:3
Adam was made from the dust
Then Eve was placed in his trust
After that things went downhill
And we are trapped by that still
5/22 Limericks: Everything HIS Awesome
StandardHat Tip to The Lego Movie
Though this world feels like it’s broke
That’s not a reason to choke
God has a plan
For woman and man
To reveal His great master-stroke!
5/13 Poem: Heart Strategy
StandardWhen 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
4/27 Limerick: Re-Vided Heart
StandardIn a world that seems so divided
Give me a heart that is “vided”
When I know You’re real
I’ll feel what “they” feel
And feed them the grace You provided
Today I will recognize
When my empathy feels challenged
4/16 Poem: Unjust Deserts
StandardWhen the world hurts
We want just deserts
A law that is true
Protects me from you
3/25 Limerick: Gift Withholding
Standard“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”
Matthew 5:23-24 NIV
If You are withholding Your gift
Maybe it’s due to our rift
It’s always worthwhile
That we reconcile
To show the world we get Your drift!
3/17 Limericks: Word Choke
StandardI know it may sound like a joke
But sometimes on Your Word I choke
The truth that I find
O’erwhelms my mind
Fearing that I’ll end up broke
Lord plow up the soil of my heart
Make me the place where you start
Sowing your joy
So we destroy
Those lies that do us keep apart
12/7 Limericks: Re-Woke
StandardToday I will be fully woke
Continue reading11/20 Limericks: Cross-Talk
StandardThe reason I take up offense
Is really a form of defense
I don’t want to share
The cross you won’t bear
Suddenly, our conflict makes sense!
11/14 Poem: Reunited Hearts (Ode to Inner Healing)
StandardThe reason our loves fall apart
Is because sin broke our heart
The pain was just too great to bear
And so must be exiled somewhere
11/13 Limericks: AgreeMensch
StandardI want to be an agree-mensch
Instead of just sitting on my bench
While Lefts & Rights
Get into fights
Giving Your body a foul stench
11/12 Poem: Forgiven-ness
StandardWhen I am wounded
By other’s pain
I find myself
Stuck in refrain
10/20 Limerick: Long-Hearted
StandardToday I will not short God
Continue readingLimerick: Obey Deep
StandardWhen we obey Christ with whole hearts
That’s when deep redemption can start
As we see His face
We’re filled up with grace
And what divides us falls apart
Poem: Nailing it!
StandardWhen it came to sin
Christ nailed it!
Yet on my own
I failed it!
We’re called to love
Each other
Yet I can’t stand
My brother
We like to say
We’re nice
But pain makes us
Think twice
If you touch on
My trauma
Prepare to feel
The drama
I call my soul
To worship
So He can turn
This warship
Dissolving sin’s
Dividing
Through gracious Re-
Conciling
Let Him rewrite
My story
So all can see
His glory
WADACAM! Men’s Weekend (Fall 2022)
StandardDetails TBD: Probably Labor Day Weekend somewhere in Northern California
WADACAM! Weekend Workshop is a mashup spiritual retreat and boot camp. The goal is to equip men to succeed in their most important and difficult challenges (i.e., relationships). We do this by tapping into the power of the cross via an innovative small group process known as Rings of Reconciling (pronounced “RoR!”).
Continue readingLimerick: The Inverse Of Anger
StandardThe inverse of anger at sin
Is where reconciling begins
For when we all seek
To help out the weak
We shift from win-lose to win-win
LifeView: Part-y of God [from iHack]
StandardOver on my professional blog iHack, I’ve been working through the excellent book Designing Your Life. In addition to articulating a philosophy of work (WorkView), they challenge us to write down a philosophy of life (LifeView).
Since that obviously overlaps with my spiritual journaling here, I decided to repost it.
To move forward Together
We must internalize And reconcile
The excluded pain That enabled us
To become Us By creating Them
LifeView (Designing Your Life)
Three Dimensions of Christian Identity
Standard- Position: We are already completely accepted as the Father’s beloved children
- Process: We are still becoming redemptive co-heirs with Jesus
- Perception: We develop this identity in (not from) community as we practice reconciliation by hearing and obeying the Spirt
Radically Happy 
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