Tag Archives: death

Futures that never come

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Nighttime obsessing daytime preoccupation life force drains away © Meisaan Chan

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Credo

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I believe in jesus who prioritized wholeness and healing of skin and mind and womb over 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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On relinquishing rigidity

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot lose your edges until you step into the darkness of transformation © Meisaan Chan

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But first, we must have the courage to die

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

How well we make our misery! How ardently you try to teach us new ways! © Meisaan Chan

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The companion, II

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“Please, let me be with you,” I say. “The path includes suffering,” God says. “Then let me suffer with you,” I say. “The path includes loss,” God says. “Then let me be empty with you,” I say. “The path includes … Continue reading →

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Just to be with you

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I need to risk to be with you sometimes I need to lose to be with you sometimes I need to die to be with you and all is well all is well all is well just to be … Continue reading →

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Understandable refusal

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Those who reject death are those who reject transformation are those who reject enlightenment © Meisaan Chan

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Rest

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Farmland rushes by cornfields cut and quiet relieved of such great responsibility © Meisaan Chan

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Blessed are the followers

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

who know that church is not a social club or a place to preen and be honored, but that it is a place of discomfort, to die and die and die, and then these people do © Meisaan Chan

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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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