Tag Archives: failure

Good Friday – inexcusables – April 14

Posted on April 14, 2017 by landl30

 robbery, rape, murder treason, theft, cruelty   mean kids bullying the weak, strong kids pushing their weight   a mother beating a vulnerable child, a father violating their innocence   when we are at our most despicable, totally inexcusable   … Continue reading →

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promised – November 23

Posted on November 26, 2016 by landl30

11.23.2016 blue denim shirt and jeans, navy guy school janitor thin, curley haired hoped for hero   that I reached out to when the big kids threw my treasured blue plastic automatic pistol up onto the school roof over my … Continue reading →

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monsters have chances – September 6

Posted on September 7, 2016 by landl30

9.6.2016 monsters have chances to get it right   what did I do wrong the boy said   turn around I have to go to the bathroom   click went the revolver first chance   bang went the revolver second … Continue reading →

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especially – August 26

Posted on August 31, 2016 by landl30

8.26.2016 nightime prayers Lord remember me and all those I love, hate, need despise.   send your love hold us all even when especially we don’t deserve it. —————–

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Gamaliel – January 29

Posted on January 30, 2015 by landl30

1.29.2015 a bleak landscape that has left behind its faith   in the guise of social experiment.   no one recalls Gamaliel’s test   especially when we’re failing it. ——————-

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BIshop Heather Cook, 2014 – January 13

Posted on January 14, 2015 by landl30

1.13.2015 it’s not my fault it’s not my fault the bishop asserts it’s not his fault   but whose is it then.   not mine say those who elected not mine say the agendas that selected not mine say the … Continue reading →

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churches close up – October 26

Posted on October 26, 2014 by landl30

10.26.2014 churches close up, fall vacant, stop trying. and where is God   away, absent, busy elsewhere, while we took too much for granted   and Jesus went to where voices and hearts are open still   while the world … Continue reading →

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Lent Prayer 4 – March 8

Posted on March 8, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 4  I’ve fallen and I can’t get up…   I’ve fallen and I can’t get up…   I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.   please Lord… help me up. —————-  

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Lent Prayer 2 – March 6

Posted on March 6, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 2 Failures, a part of our stories whose burden we bear, by whose grace we have grown.   I give thanks to you Lord for these moments, these graces, that touched down in my life along the way … Continue reading →

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santa without elves – November 8

Posted on November 9, 2013 by landl30

11.8 he arrived on a bicycle, wool hat, scarf wrapped, and we shared coffee.   santa without elves anymore, a life of jolly business overrun by the mistakes.   and then he found Jesus, or Jesus found him. so he … Continue reading →

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