Category Archives: Poetry

Do not be alarmed at absence

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

God is the void God is the substance © Meisaan Chan

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The journeyer

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The Great Door opened and I am but passing through this world of hardship and joy; I journey until I reach the Next Door and the Next Door, and the Next © Meisaan Chan

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The massage prayer

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O Lord, lay your holy hands on me and through your touch turn this stone back into flesh and as you work may my heart turn warm and supple and my spirit, in a breath, relent © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged body, busyness, flesh, Massage, meditation, spirit, stress | 2 Comments

One starting point for compassion

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The cruel are often fragile, acting out of brokenness © Meisaan Chan

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The seeker

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With laser eyes I look for you; I seek until I find © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Removing the clothes

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If you enjoy your control when you pray it is time to disrobe and pray some more © Meisaan Chan

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Outside of church

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

How freely the Spirit roams outside of church, for she is not reined in by stone walls or theological walls or even walls of thought, but settles where she wishes granting homes for the homeless and abiding with the meek; … Continue reading →

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Coming to peace with dysfunction in the church

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

For some things: Let it do what it does be healed: You follow me For other things: Fight it out, bear your teeth speak my words, the Lord of justice be healed: You follow me For yet other things: shake … Continue reading →

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Credo

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I believe in jesus who prioritized wholeness and healing of skin and mind and womb and political institutions and the institution of the tabernacle; I believe in the man who came to preach the way of death as the way … Continue reading →

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