Jesus tells us that the entire Law and Prophets hang on these two commands1: “The Lord our God is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might.”2 and “’You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”1 And Jesus also says, “But IContinue reading “Love Like Jesus Does”
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Hurricanes, Hardships, Tornadoes, and Tumult
Jesus, divine Brother of mine, I do not understand. You are merciful and faithful Yet, pouf, they’re gone. The grandmas and papas, the sisters and cousins, the brothers and uncles The aunts, the moms, the dads, the kids…and the critters The houses, the places of work and worship; of healing and learning. Pouf. Gone. IContinue reading “Hurricanes, Hardships, Tornadoes, and Tumult”
Innocence
A Lament and Prayer Good Shepherd, I beg of You Save Innocence. The world stalks her, lying in wait to snatch her from Your lambs. Please, O Christ, save her. Heal her from the ordeal. Innocence is the gift You bestow, that protects the growing– the forming– of Your littleContinue reading “Innocence”
An Extra One
A Prayer Gracious Father, I come to You on bended knee, Deserving nothing, yet asking—pleading for Your ear, To hear the outcry of Your children in imminent peril For them, Lord . . . for me . . . Your promise to keep. Blessed Christ, at the foot of Your cross, Gracious healer of theContinue reading “An Extra One”
Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song
Conclusion (part 4) The siren song that is but an substance-less refrain wafts through air: Judge not; do not hate; love, love, love… The Kernel of Truth ploy might be the oldest, heaviest hammer in the Deceiver’s game of whack-a-mole. Adam and Eve were felled by it. They did not fall lifeless to the fertileContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”
Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song
Part 3 Let’s take a quick look at the gist of parts one and two: 1: The initial conjecture made is that we humans, Christians in particular, have been deceived. We have allowed Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount – Judge not lest ye be judged1 – to be pervertedinto a diluted gruelContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”
Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song
Part 2 Judge not; do not hate; love, love, love…sounds so good and so right…this catch phrase with which we have disciplined our lives. The Deceiver revels in the perversion of Christ’s teaching into a diluted gruel that neither nourishes nor sustains us. The Deceiver (evil, Satan, Lucifer, the Enemy-whatever name you give to theContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”
Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song
Part 1 The Deceiver stood toe-to-toe with God in his jealousy of the Father’s dominion and God’s choice to elevate man above the angels. The Deceiver rendered his judgment of our worth and pronounced us value-less. He sentenced us to sin, robbed us of our innocence, and smashed our free will to smithereens so thatContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”
Equalizer
Equality can, does, exist.Equality has always been possible. One great equalizer exists to insures it.Too few humans recognize its source;Too many of us work ceaselessly to undermine its agents. What can possibly include every human being on the planet? What could possibly unite us, each one to each other in every place on the globe?Continue reading “Equalizer”
Un It Y
A lot of political people and talking-heads keep saying the word unity. Talk is cheap. Actions speak volumes. Unity appeals to us all…living in peace…a warless world…a strife-less existence with no evil to accost us…heaven on earth. Harmony soothes our hearts. Be wary of what you seek. Most of us hold a deeply naïve understandingContinue reading “Un It Y”
Scattered Verses 