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Tag Archives: Jesus
Credo
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
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, follower, healing, Jesus, justice, life
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The manger empties
You take up so much space within yourself, says the Lord; when you empty self of self the manger empties so the child can be placed within © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, ego, emptiness, humility, Jesus, manger
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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, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged angel, church, home, Jesus, line, stranger
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The practice
Maybe this is how Jesus began trying to walk on water, moments before his whoop of joy © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged curiosity, endurance, Jesus, practice, water
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Year 34
It was supposed to have been a great year. More teaching, more dancing, more toasting, more sunsets, more excursions on the sea – he had been planning for it all. But then things took a bad turn and the plan … Continue reading
Jesus’ fury – or – Proof of Biblical censorship
Jesus gets mad once – only once! – as if anger is a flaw on the surface of the great, placid ocean but if you were to ask a fisherman if a storm rages over the sea only once in … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged anger, Bible, censorship, fisherman, Jesus, rage
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Jesus is not a superhero
Jesus is not a superhero come to save us from the villain; this is not Gotham City and we are not its denizens; This sentimentality clouds our vision and renders us hostage to sloppiness when really, the way is about precision: … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged Jesus, sentimentalism, superhero
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I do not like the name of Jesus
I. I do not like the name of Jesus the banner of closed-hearted fear-filled, gay-bashing, homogenizing, culture-killing small-minded, Koran-burning earth-raping, white privileged politicianed, women-hating superficial, two-faced, cold-stoned materialistic, chauvinistic power-hungry, blind-eyed, out-of-sync, double-standard who-has-the-holiest-asshole – II. Jesus says: please don’t judge me … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged anger, factions, idolotry, Jesus, rage, rightness
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