Tag: christianity
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When Shame Kills, Love Stays | Thoughts on Shame, Rage, Dragons, and Jesus
They nailed love to the cross. That’s what my friend, Simara, said during a Lent meditation over Zoom: They nailed love to the cross. They killed love. I’m used to hearing things like death was nailed to the cross and our sins were nailed to the cross. But love? Simara is a gifted woman who […]
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Apocalypse
The battle is losthas beenfor a long time nowDid we even understandwhat we were fighting for? Darkness pervadeslike fine dust ofa coal powered trainThere is nothing it hasn’t touchedcurtains, hair, the tea, his lungs A flake of ash on white linentaunts herbut she knows betterOne brush of her thumb wouldbeget a smear, a blotch, a […]
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Reception
I will set a tableFor my soulAmong the trees Quiet, I will waitBeneath a canopy of leaves Let stillness be the tableLet silence be the clothLet sunlight be the service, gleamingMy seat a bed of moss I will set a tableFor my soulOut in the wild Calling her to comeAnd play, as if she were […]
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Nothing But A Moon
Inspired by “Half Moon Makes Full Halo” by Jakusho Kwong The moon is nothingbut a moonCold and colorlessHer gravity barely holding the feet of mento her dry and dusty shoresBarrenShe wheels round and round the earthOn a path she didn’t chooseWhile gazing down upon that celestial springThat spinning womb thatGives birth to trees and snakesand […]
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The Dream
You are the dream He dreamedHe dreamsthe song He singswhen the whole world sleeps You are the whisper in the windwonder hushedon angels’ lipsa secret He keeps You are the gift He gaveHe givesthe life He livesin the depths of the deep Youare the dreamthe act, the scene Youare the masterpiecepenned without ink Youare the […]
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Into the Unknown
The contemplative spiritual journey is a journey into the unknown. The more I know God the more I realize how much I don’t know about God. This can be frightening and frustrating, or we can allow it to fill us with wonder and awe. The mystics refer to this as The Cloud of Unknowing. We […]
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Sex Culture, Christians, and a Call for a New Conversation
THE WRONG CONVERSATION Recent discussions sparked by John Crist’s public confession have led me into a strange land, one where I spend a lot of time thinking about the generational differences of sexual behavior, beliefs, and norms. What I’m realizing, now more than ever, is that the western evangelical Church (the Christian subculture I am […]
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Playing Potter
Photo by Ricardo Mancía on Unsplash trapped behind these one-way eyes inside the lies we wear like make-up spread thick slick with a spackling knife layer slapped on layer we play Potter with counterfeit clay covering lines and carving new ones making mud masks that bury us alive that harden into barrel helms heavy on […]
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You Are Enough (God Says So)
I’ve seen this quote popping up in my feed a lot lately and I’m not feeling it. A few years ago, I probably would have adored this quote. But now….not so much. Here’s why: Much about the way this is worded implies that “she” (a symbolic “she” with which all Christian women are invited to […]
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Before We Speak
This started out as one thing and became another. I anticipate follow up posts but I never really know what God has planned for my writing. I have spent the last several decades as part of America’s evangelical Christian subculture. It’s nice here. The people are nice. The message is nice. The coffee is nice. We […]
Lightning Bug 