Tag: shame
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11/23 Poem: Order-nary Pain
First-order pain helps us learn / To keep away from flames that burn
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10/8 Limerick: Re-Main-Ing Sin
To deal with our sin that’s remaining We must plug the holes that are draining
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Poem: Hand-Some Sin
Some times our pain Is due to our sin… Yet none of this tells Why God made Christ die
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Poetry Slam: Pro-Dem-Nation
In a world filled with condemnation Could His Bride become a pro-them-nation?
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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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Limerick: Buke the Storm
Mark 4 When our faith causes others to fearFor they know not salvation is nearIt’s easy to blameOr give in to shameAnd tear down the ones we hold dear
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8/1 RSVP: Buying Needles to Strain Camels (The Purpose of Wealth)
Matthew 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. This may sound bizarre, but see if you can follow my logic…
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Limerick: Powerfully Weak
To bring forth the change that we seek We must become powerfully weak
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Sex 207. Loving Life
I have tasted all the pleasures of this world, from the sublime heights of philosophy to the sordid depths of passion. All start out sweet as honey to my mouth, but end up bitter as gall in my stomach. This… is the reverse.
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Sex 206. Loving Father
Me: You have got to be kidding me. Don’t you know where we are? What I did to get here? What I’ve been doing since I got here? Father: Yes. Practicing!
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Poem: Unblind Rage
Anger is God’s potent gift To cause our perspective to shift From passive estrangement To risky engagement
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Sex 205. Loving Death
The bar is dark. I feel like I’ve been stuck in a cave for three days. The drinks taste awful, but they’re cheap. All they cost is my soul. Which I’m trying to get rid of anyway, since it stinks worse than these drinks. Then HE comes in…
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Sex 204. Loving Hiss Elf
“You ruin everything. You take everything I thought was good and pure and valuable, and reveal them to be horrible lies and shadowy deceptions. You make it sound like everything I’ve spent my whole life sacrificing for was an idiotic lie. I feel… I feel…” “The way you make everyone…
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Limerick: Unclean Healing
Much harder to go to a cross And bear all the world’s shame and loss
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My Father’s Nakedness (The Gospel of Noah)
A Dis-curse in Three Parts Part 1: Matthew 17:1-13 Eli: Noah! Noah, where are you? Moe: Eli, I don’t think this is a very good idea. Eli: Shut up, Moe. He’s gonna love this. Moe: Fine, it’s your funeral. You never did get one, did you? Eli: No more than…
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The Rogue Dialogues: Inner Healing for Leadership
This was my attempt to make peace with the “part” of me that had an unfortunate history of sabotaging my relationships with authority figures.
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Poem: Supple-Mental Peace
My mind demands a rigid peace That makes all disagreement cease Where every truth can stand alone As I regard them from my throne. The problem with this glorious view Is that it has no room for you For if your truth conflicts with mine Then on your entrails I…
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Poem: Status Leaker
For the road to hell Is a zero sum If I seek your losing Then the devil’s won
Radically Happy 