Sunday Sunday (used to be a fun day) Sunday Sunday Sad Now I gulp down the grief (for all that was lost) And Go (to try) To trust (because) --- Because Of And In And Through And For YOU Jesus For You I trade my anger (towards the ones who poisoned the well) For forgiveness For peace For hope For faith For love For You
Ghosted
How low can you go Ummm Well How about getting ghosted by a Professional God Gospeler Woah Ummm Well That is pretty low As low things go Even so Beloved Let it go Let it go Let it go
Canadian Genocide
215 Kamloops, British Columbia CANADA 104 Brandon, Manitoba CANADA 38 Regina, Saskatchewan CANADA 751 Cowessess, Saskatchewan CANADA 35 Lestock, Saskatchewan CANADA 180 Carlisle, (Prince Albert) Saskatchewan CANADA ... (One would have been too many) A voice Many voices A Thousand voices Thousands upon thousands of voices Weeping for their children because they are no more Weeping for their children because they are no more Weeping for their children because they are no more I am weeping for your children because they are no more
Veracity
Veracity (noun) Definition 1 : conformity with truth or fact : accuracy 2 : devotion to the truth : truthfulness 3 : power of conveying or perceiving truth 4 : something true1 Verily Verily Truly Truly What other truth matters Than His truth (surely not my truth or yours) Being so puny So small So cosmically uniformed Verily Verily Truly Truly I am the Way The Truth The Life (if it doesn’t sound like Me, smell like Me, feel like Me, seem like Me. It’s not) Verify it “Jesus answered: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” John 14:6 (NIV)
1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/calendarefinition. Retrieved May 13, 2021
Another Sunday
He lets me rest in green meadows;
He leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Psalm 23: 2-3 (NLT)
Another Sunday
And I wake to the dull ache of
Displacement
Replacement
Ideologies masked as theologies
That
Shipwreck sanctuary for
(me)
Spirit steer me
(and my fellow refugees)
Home
We long for
Home
Obstreperous
obstreperous adjective | ub-STREP-uh-rus Definition 1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous1 Obstreperous Hard to pronounce One has to peer And Roll the word about Careful not to miss a consonant (or vowel) Obstreperous Marked by unruly or aggressive noiseness Clamorous Oh church Be not named such Behaving like a child too much indulged “Go To Your Room!” And shut the door And Seek Spirit Seek Jesus Seek Poppa Return to Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness And Self Control 1. Merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day retrieved April 15, 2021
He Sees
When places of sanctuary Become spaces of suffering I run to You My Kinsmen Brother Friend Redeemer Hope Joy The One who Sees Me
I Can (thanks Dr. Seuss:)
I can worship in a house I can worship like a mouse I can worship with a friend I can worship without end I can worship with my voice I can worship without joists I can worship here and there I can worship anywhere I can worship because I am free I don’t have no chains on me
You Moved
You moved From grace to judgement From love to hate From peace to politics You moved (out from under my feet) And I don’t have your address Anymore
Used to
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42: 1-5 (NIV) I remember how I Used to (because) I was of Use to (and) Now I am no Use to (and) The sanctuary is defiled (and so) I weep and wait (and) Crawl into Your lap Papa (and) Trust You and yet wait in Sadness Hope and Praise
Colleen R. Jantzen 