Tag: shame
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Fear, Anger, and Shame: How the Magi Redeem Cain
Gifts of Immanuel versus Mark of Cain – Gold of Father’s wisdom versus clay of fear – Frankincense of Spirit’s power versus charcoal of anger – Myrrh of Christ’s love versus wheel of shame Assume a literal Cain…
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From Walls of Shame to Webs of Grace: A Christmas Homily for the Third Millennium (ChatGPT As Pope Benedict VIII, 1024)
This Christmas, let us dismantle the walls of shame in our hearts and in our communities. Let us weave the web of grace, living as witnesses to the hope and joy of Christ.
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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: Heart Surgery (True Intimacy)
But right now / It feels like your heart / Is being ripped out of your chest // Everything you thought you knew / About yourself / About her / About God // Feels like a lie…
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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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Sex 407: Which Witch (Gut Fight)
Raven would make me strong. / Blanche wise. / Ember happy. / Which would I prefer? / Which…
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12/8 Limerick: Blood Relative
When our amygdalae flood / Come seal our hearts with Your blood / With forgiveness near / All we hold dear / Falls of our souls like dry mud
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11/26 Bi-Limerick: Time to (Fig) Leave
Today I will leave my shame / At the cross of Christ / So Others can leave theirs / At mine
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11/10 Bi-Limerick: Exploding Frames (Swallowing Frogs)
My reality / Centered on me / Keeps me from facing my shame
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11/2 Tri-Limerick: Standard Measures
If Christ is our goal / Let’s make Him the sole / Focus of our work and pleasures
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10/28 Epic Poem: Vulnera-Bold
Yet that is the why Satan still rules: / Our terror of looking like fools / By shutting down part of our brain / Hell’s able to act with free rein
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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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10/19 Poem: THE WAY To Be Healed
For we are all lepers / If not by that name / Cut off from others / By our hidden shame
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10/18 Epic Poem: Faith See-ed
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Luke 17:6 The walk of faith Is not won by greed But only by those Who live…
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10/2 Limerick: Brazen (Bold w/o Shame)
When we are bold without shame / We’re playing a different game…
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10/1 Tri-Limerick: Deshamed Alive (Prodigal Greatness)
Shame is the nature of life / The price we pay to avoid strife…
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9/3 Epic Poem: Love 2.O-bey
Yet there is a price that we pay From being conditioned to obey The walls that did once keep us safe Eventually will start to chafe…
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7/26 Bi-Limerick: Schematize the Anxiety
I must admit I feel disgraced / When Jesus by fear is displaced… // The key to regaining shalom / Is to schematize this syndrome…
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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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