Category Archives: writing

The church-goers

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

To be in the institution but not of the institution: that is the challenge © Meisaan Chan

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Filling the space

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gold-gleaming church, silent and empty, rays of light making love to stained glass, ecstasy filling the space to overflowing © Meisaan Chan

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Seeing through the layers

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Loss can be gain Gain can be loss; Wise is the one who sees through the layers © Meisaan Chan

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Your heart is a castle

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Your heart is a castle and I am the inner room I am every brick © Meisaan Chan (Photo Credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Gather your nets

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gather your nets to catch the Lord – but I assure you, they can never be big enough © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Getting beyond the self

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Spend a week contemplating infinity; return to this when God seems small © Meisaan Chan

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If I place my hope in the world

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If I place my hope in the world, my hope is origami paper in the rain; If I place my hope in you, my hope is an eternal pathway to an eternal source O God, O God, O God © … Continue reading →

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On problems

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Problems rarely just go away; they go away most completely when they are healed © Meisaan Chan

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Before the fury of the day: The five-minute prayer

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I have five minutes to love you as I wish and the rest of the day to love you as you wish © Meisaan Chan

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The exquisite hand

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With just a turn of the head, the web turns invisible, a reminder that we are surrounded by an exquisite hand though perhaps we do not see © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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