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As a fellow creative, the Spirit of God struck me with an idea for an adventure—like lightning—this New Year’s Day. Maybe you’re a reader, maybe you’re a writer, maybe you’re just wandering—but if you’re here… Welcome. Words As Pathways I find it incredible how we experience language in so many ways—hearing, reading, writing, feeling, discerning,
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As 2025 draws to a close, we look back not just to remember, but to reflect—and discern. This was not merely a year of news cycles and trends. It was a year marked by deep spiritual shaking, ongoing global uncertainty, and increasing moral divergence. The wheat and the tares are growing side by side—and the
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A Christmas Eve Reflection | #ADVENT2025 “Christmas isn’t safe. It’s good.”— S. D. Smith Tonight, we stand at the edge of a manger. We sing of peace on earth and silent nights, but if we’re listening carefully, we can hear another sound behind the carols: a battle cry. The cry of a newborn King, invading
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The Bridegroom’s Delight “How beautiful are your feet in sandals,You daughter of a prince!The curves of your hips are like jewels,The work of the hands of an artist. Your navel is a round gobletThat never lacks mixed wine;Your belly is like a heap of wheat,Surrounded by lilies. Your two breasts are like two fawns,Twins of
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The Daughters Ask “Where has your beloved gone,You most beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned,So that we may seek him with you?” The Bride Answers “My beloved has gone down to his garden,To the beds of balsam,To pasture his flock in the gardensAnd gather lilies. I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,He
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The Banquet of Love “I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;I have drunk my wine and my milk.” “Eat, friends; drink, and drink deeply, lovers.” The Beloved’s Withdrawal I was asleep, but my heart was awake.A voice!
