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By Steve

Questions about God. Trying to understand God.

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How being human fits in with God's all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good self.

 

Dear God

By Steve on Wed, 08 Aug 2012

my heart overflows with guilt having been stoned before, its sails lacking direction. i have become as man pieces, not knowing what it means to be whole, Lord needle my wounds you who
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A Prayer

By Steve on Sat, 07 Mar 2009

Lord you have answered my prayers: Samuel, my child, has been healed by your hands... miracles are the handiwork of your fingers. Few things have I done for you O Lord,
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After the Matrix

By Steve on Fri, 20 Mar 2009

In my mind there are pure empty constructs of divine perversion where screams personify absences terrify molds of lust, the gritty gridlocked grief of interior mechanics,
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Cleanse my soul

By Steve on Sun, 01 Nov 2009

rid it of all its excesses... just give me what i need and no more, this animal self, transform into the soul of an angel, turn my hunger into a love of justice,
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Dear God

By Steve on Sat, 01 May 2010

Remember a few good things I've done... I've had faith in you in my worst moments, loved your vision of the world much more than I know, wanted justice passionately
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Dearest God

By Steve on Mon, 19 Nov 2012

most dear God, have pity on us the world has become overwhelming it is hard for us to bear. this blizzard of rain, this storm of information, lashes of debates, help me O Lord
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unsaid things and the mistakes that we make

By Steve on Sun, 05 Aug 2007

where do they go? dotheyrun&hide seek some fear, some hidden desire to attach themselves to? do they disappear into the mind of God, do they simply dissolve? allthethingsyoumeanttosay
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Praying, trying to understand

By Steve on Sun, 12 Aug 2007

i try hard, work hard trying testing myself, trying to go beyond the narrow limits of my education, trying to find a better way of doing things, trying to understand
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Trying to understand

By Steve on Fri, 31 Aug 2007

trying to understand you God without judging you tying things together, trying again&again to understand you. am i just here for your glory? what about my problems,
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Lonely Jesus

By Steve on Sun, 22 Mar 2009

Sometimes I feel ashamed of "I am that I am" within me. After all, I can make a human body wilt, the wind can carry away the dust. I pray to my father when I cannot listen to one more word
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Into the Silence

By Steve on Sat, 23 May 2009

into the mouth of silence (her voice is rich with pain, rich with hesitation, made deep with years of longing, wishing to be real) into the lips of knowing one cannot deal with all things
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Land of the Spirits

By Steve on Sat, 06 Jun 2009

Spirits, you are devine, you come from the dead the suffering and the unknown and bestow your grace on us through the masks of God, your touch is pleasant as the sound of laughter,
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Lord, help me

By Steve on Tue, 29 Sep 2009

i am fragile, vulnerable a slave to my feelings which drag me on and on to inaction just chewing the ends of an event, a thing that endlessly bothers me.
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Why is he trying to kill me?

By Steve on Tue, 27 Oct 2009

this king whom i served so well does he not see all i did i did for him? he is much taller than i am, his stature something to be spoken for and even worshipped,
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She

By Steve on Wed, 28 Oct 2009

he is much more refined than my husband who spends his days and nights with his men, inspiring them with gritty words while the rain drips liquid applause all around, sound of leaves falling
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Into the Wilderness

By Steve on Thu, 07 Jan 2010

I was thrown, out of slavery, so He said, liberated in a sense, no longer in fear and awe of Egypt whose secrets I so longed to absorb. It's true, I lived in fear
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My God, my God

By Steve on Thu, 11 Feb 2010

Help me, Lord, poor child that I am. I have relied on alcohol to comfort me, to drown my dissatisfaction, my disappointment with the world, with myself. Help me to rely on you, My Lord,
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Forgive me Lord

By Steve on Sat, 03 Apr 2010

for nights of debauchery in spring fever i was o'ertaken by lust wanting nothing more than the momentary fix screaming out my soul in the electronic night,
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They're like Communists, these religious leaders

By Steve on Thu, 22 Apr 2010

they have to make it known that they are there and everyone's the same same same, no difference. They raise a stink over the Other whomever that may be, they hate the Other
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Lord, do not hate me cause

By Steve on Wed, 11 Aug 2010

i'm a hypocrite, i was so envious of wealthy white people, i dolized them, they were so beautiful and so in the center, i wanted so much to be a part of their group
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Purify, Simplify me Lord

By Steve on Wed, 22 Dec 2010

purify me Lord, let me desire you only don't let me lose track, purify me Lord make me whole. let me not lose sight of you, let me love you through and through, let me
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Stone, unreal

By Steve on Thu, 23 Dec 2010

For a while, it hurt like hell every night I lay with tears to accompany me, slowly driving then I awoke one day to discover I was not human, my parents were sheep, I was a sheep.
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Where is my spirit and soul

By Steve on Fri, 10 Feb 2012

where is my spirit, my soul, my body has lost its voice into the wilderness wilderness i go, wandering where is my soul? it has disappeared as of late, no stirring do i feel, no lapping
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Looking for God

By Steve on Fri, 10 Feb 2012

I am lost in loneliness. At times, I feel that no one really understands me. The truth is, I don't understand myself. I listen, listen to my silence and try to find God there.
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Searching for God

By Steve on Wed, 12 Sep 2012

God, are you there? or have you disappeared or been broken apart by postmodern hands? I search for you in my pains, in my suffering, trying to find you where it hurts, where
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God?

By Steve on Tue, 20 Nov 2012

where are you, Lord? where is your home? is it in the heavens or the earth? each day we live, looking towards you, asking you, trying to love you with our hearts and our souls?
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Conversations with God 1

By Steve on Sun, 13 Oct 2013

I used to converse with God all the time. Especially in the morning while driving to work. In the silence, one thinks that one hears the voice of God...
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Conversations with God 2

By Steve on Sun, 13 Oct 2013

Let me step back in time and space and say that the Holocaust was the logical conclusion of Greek, Christian and European civilization. I will...
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Conversations with God 3

By Steve on Mon, 14 Oct 2013

Again, what does it mean that God is all-powerful. I would think that it means that God is in control of all things. Then what should us humans do?...
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On Moslems

By Steve on Thu, 26 Dec 2013

Moslems, many of those whom I have met, are very spiritually strong and good people. I've always admired Moslems like Muhammed Ali (whom I have not...
Autobiography
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good americans 2

By Steve on Tue, 18 Mar 2014

i attend a group fitness class. the people are very helpful, especially women. they encourage me and help me defeat my laziness. i crack silly jokes...
Opinion
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claire

By Steve on Wed, 19 Mar 2014

you are nonpareil... pearls do not compare to your eyes, synchronize, make everything seem seamless and continuous. your beauty is stellar a...
Romance
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chariots of fire ii

By Steve on Sat, 29 Mar 2014

i definitely identify with the jewish character more than the others in the movie. his desire to be the best runner, to have the best trainer (even...
Reviews
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anti-semitism ii

By Steve on Mon, 31 Mar 2014

the nice jewish boy next door: this role i could never fill. in the movie, "The Graduate," the jewish boy is supposed to date the girl next door,...
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An Invitation to a Tea Party

By Steve on Mon, 31 Mar 2014

It was a few months ago that I was invited by a friend of mine in a Bible study group to a Tea Party get together. Let's call my friend, Tommy. He's...
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Just you wait

By Steve on Sat, 10 May 2014

just you wait for all the moments to collect you homeless man i am, it's so simple after all all this fighting and war is useless... just you wait...
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nonparelle

By Steve on Mon, 12 May 2014

An incantation to a Goddess.
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Dear Lord

By Steve on Fri, 16 May 2014

Humble me my Lord, humble me, proud as a fortress have I become, proud and arrogant like a fool. Nothing can come into me, nothing can revive me but...
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How Wicked Am I

By Steve on Tue, 15 Jul 2014

how wicked am i, how I do what I want, how I condescend, lie trying to make myself feel better, eating sweets to erase pain with pleasure, living a...
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The NOW Culture

By Steve on Wed, 16 Jul 2014

I don't remember how long ago it was. I think it must have been 20 or 30 years ago that a professor from Harvard called the culture of the "blacks"...
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The NOW Culture: Hookups

By Steve on Thu, 17 Jul 2014

I first read about hookups in the New York Times. A hookup is when two people hookup and have sex without any commitment to a relationship. It's...
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A Prayer

By Steve on Sat, 19 Jul 2014

i pray for all of those who are suffering, all those who lost their husbands or whose husbands have ditched them and now, they are left with only the...
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Yeouido, South Korea iv

By Steve on Tue, 05 Aug 2014

there's a paradox about east asian absoluteness which i have never been able to understand. where does it come from? there is no God in east asian...
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How do we fix the US economy: 3

By Steve on Thu, 19 Feb 2015

With the money that comes into the government through higher taxation, I suggest that we invest in the infrastructure of the society and do...
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Prodigal Son 1

By Steve on Sun, 13 Mar 2016

Master it's time to wake up. Is it that time already? Yes. I don't think I'll work today. Why won't you work? Everyone must work. My brother does...
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Prodigal Son 2

By Steve on Mon, 14 Mar 2016

Who are you? Jezebel, the most beautiful woman in Jerusalem. What are you doing all alone? I always thought beautiful women had entourages. I have...
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Prodigal Son 3

By Steve on Tue, 12 Apr 2016

-We lost -You have to lose first to win later. -Why must we lose? -Because Titus will over estimate his own skills. -You think he will make a mistake...
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Help me Lord

By Steve on Mon, 30 May 2016

help me Lord, I suffer and I hate, niceness bothers me... I secretly admire Donald Trump and although I am a Methodist, I cannot stand Hilary Clinton...
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A Psycho IV

By Steve on Mon, 20 Jun 2016

The silence in the room hides violence in its skin. There is Claire. She's the CEO of Nirvana Enterprises Inc. She looks so confident, and yet, she's...
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The First Days

By Steve on Sat, 24 Jun 2017

Ever since my youth, I prayed to God in the morning. The early hours of my day was devoted to him. In his time, I would listen to his silence, Listen...
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One Day at a Time

By Steve on Sat, 24 Jun 2017

For years I groomed my children To be sensitive Well-behaved, To be like the kind of person I'd love to be. When they graduated, Hidden joys...
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To You of True Heart

By Steve on Tue, 09 Jan 2018

Let not nature's true hue leave your skin, throw your life into a trash bin. Do not say that life is cruel, nature's true colors to make you through...
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47

By Steve on Tue, 21 Aug 2018

I'm James Lee, and I just turned 47. There's my wife Joan and my two lovely kids. They are trying to make me smile. No matter how I try, I can't...
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47 Part 2

By Steve on Wed, 22 Aug 2018

I head to the bar when I can't understand something. I know it's a horrible habit, but being around a whole bunch of people for whom life has become...
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47 Part 3

By Steve on Fri, 31 Aug 2018

All my life, I have been doing work for the church and the Lord. I suppose a certain amount of disgust for human beings informs my Love of the Lord...
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The First Day

By Steve on Wed, 09 Jan 2019

It's just so hard, the first day... you fall back again into a corpse-like depression. You want so much to get out as if you were breaking free of...
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