Author: Matt
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חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ, Be strong one and courageous one
Read More →Be a strong one and courageous one. Chazaq we-amatz. חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ A great way to get at the heart of the meaning of a Hebrew term is to find a verse where it’s actually defined for you with counterpart words. In the case of being strong there are quite a few verses where it is […]
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Existence
Read More →I once asked an old man with scraggly gray hair, beard, and a cheery squint “How do you know if God exists?” The old man replied, “Does love exist? ” “Yes,” I answered. “Does good exist?” “Of course…” I said. “Does kindness exist?” “I couldn’t imagine a world where it didn’t!” “Then that’s how you […]
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Clear Touch
Read More →Out of the grasp of deaths violent clutch What of the good if time’s not much Enfolded by the feeling of life’s clear touch Why hast thou not seen it as such Know thou not, that he has destroyed the crutch?
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A Dream
Read More →Feb. 2010 Deep in the night my soul was caught up into a drama larger than life and I found myself at a table where peoples of diversity were gathered Our conversation was in multiple languages and I could speak things to different people in their own languages There was an air of respect among […]
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Muddy Preacher
Read More →So this is it, this drama, this stage, this glory, this rage! Come get your love on and get hyped on and then chewed on! Who cares? says the prophet, There’s blood in the sink and broken glass and you missed it, don’t try to find it, it will find you The train is passing […]
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Deliverance
Read More →Feb. 2009 Deliverance is like a owl perched beneath a moonlit sky Far above the hindrance of time and gravity below A gusty breeze ruffles through its feathers but it is motionless There is much anticipation in the air It scans the shadows and the blueness of the fields Looking as if it is at […]