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Category Archives: Christianity
Wander not, return home
I am the Lord your safetyyour home, your central place of return,so wander notreturn homefind the heart of your longing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Christianity, Earth poetry, God speaks poetry, haiku, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, spirituality, writing
Tagged adventure, discernment, help, help me, home, journey
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The translators
Blessed are they who translate loveand speak so others may hear © Meisaan Chan
Train your thoughts
One thought can lie at your feetthe next thought, devour you Train your thoughtsor they will train you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Buddhism, Christianity, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, haiku, meditation, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, meditation, self-control, training
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Good Friday Sun Meditation
You woke me up with gentle song caressed my spirit and bade me sit in my prayer chair. Sit with me. It is dawn on Good Friday and that still means something for you. So I did, wanting to be … Continue reading
Chicago Event on Aug. 28! Sacred Space: Sound, Dance, and Meditation Fusion
I lead a Meetup group for people who are spiritual but not religious*, and I’ve just created a new type of event (See below: previously it has been more silent meditation-esque focused). YOU are invited to come. This first launch … Continue reading
Religious infighting
While the adults squabble the children walk away © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged blindness, Infighting, pride, temptation
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Sight
Sometimes I am beautiful, says the Lord and sometimes I am putrid: Keep watch! Do not be lulled by your images of me, that first step to blindness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Christianity, Feminine God, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, blindness, clarity, discernment, idol, image, sight, vision, wisdom
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Considering who’s in charge
If God does not expect perfection in humans why would God expect perfection from religion? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged belief, imperfection, institutionalized religion, perfection
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A note to the observer
Humans bring beauty and mess with them wherever they go so if you happen to see a human, expect it: beauty and mess beauty and mess © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Christianity, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, writing
Tagged acceptance, beauty, humanity, imperfection, mess, perfection
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Church angel
I leave the pew and get in line for that little wafer that I don’t understand in a community I don’t frequent: I am a stranger in this semi-foreign land and in the other line of people a little girl … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Feminine God, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged angel, church, home, Jesus, line, stranger
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