SENSITIZE 105
We need to learn that we’re not spiritual.
That’s how we please ourselves–and change.
Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his friends
Sit Down Comedy … February 21st, 2020
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Counting Sheepish
I took a stroll
Through my soul
A worthy quest indeed
I do declare
‘Twas quite a scare
To stumble upon such greed
“Goddamn the Earth”
Of my natural birth
I am often heard to say
God forgive my weakness
Without the meekness
Of those who truly pray
For you are wrong
And don’t belong
In my tiny vision
But I can lie
And often cry
In the throes of indecision
My life is right
Yours a fright
I eat up all the grace
You must be contrite
And bring forth light
Or I’ll be in your face
Yet I made a start
In my heart
To be a kinder being
But my patience is thin
Exposes my sin
A blind man, never seeing
Able to be true
Through the Golden Rule
And escape the nasty scheme
A good report
For time is short
Living out a childlike dream
The B. S. M. G. Report
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Life does not come from strife
But love is from above
BAD
Hellhole.
Nazareth, Galilee, was a community constricted by the domination of the Roman Empire, superstitious and afflicted, impoverished by a belief in a God requiring homage instead of offering compassion.
From this environment, two humans emerged, who found themselves in the unenviable position of having to reject all their training and lose most of their friends, to follow what they believed was divine guidance.
Mary of Nazareth and Joseph of Nazareth
What does a young peasant girl do when she’s suddenly found pregnant and she contends it was at the beckoning of Jehovah?
What does a man do when he’s betrothed to be married and his girlfriend is suddenly impregnated, offering the lamest excuse possible: “The Holy Spirit did it.”
SAD
Joseph was an honorable man, so even though he loved Mary, his training, support system and sense of culture told him that she was a sinful woman, and he must cast her away. He was considering doing it privately so nobody else would know, sending her far away from the Nazareth community, where she certainly would be condemned for being a whore (even though short days earlier she was considered a favored lass).
Mary was given a choice.
God did not intrude or demand that she birth a baby. Yet she replied, “Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord.”
But Nazareth commenced to gossip.
She was labeled a sinner. But worse than that—she was blasphemous by proclaiming that she had divine “hookups.”
Yes, it is so sad that religion offers little relief for those who suffer. When there’s a need for mercy, religion falls back on statutes and interpretations. If it had not been for Joseph deciding to let his love for Mary stay strong when the angel told him that she was telling the truth, our story would have been forever altered.
MAD
Then comes the intervention of those motivated by politics and greedy for power. The Romans wanted taxes, forcing Joseph to return to Bethlehem, with his wife in her third trimester. And Herod, who called himself “the Great,” was so worried about losing his title of “King of the Jews” that when Wise Men from the East came inquiring about a star in the sky, he made preparation to kill whatever was being born in that light.
It is important to know this:
There is no such thing as a politician who is spiritual.
There are no Presidents, Kings or Chancellors who have found a redeeming way to combine their faith with their function.
Beware any man or woman who seeks votes by quoting Holy Word.
Herod believed himself to be a righteous man, given responsibility by the Roman government to protect his people from annihilation. It is maddening that even today, we trust powerful pundits in palaces to provide inspiration to our lives.
GLAD
And then there were the Wise Ones.
They possessed that beautiful balance between personal innocence and professional cynicism.
Even though they were willing to trek across the desert, following a Star with no guarantee of a payoff in the end, when they encountered Herod the Great and they realized he was full of chicanery and lies, they avoided any further contact with him.
They took a different way home.
It says they were warned in a dream. But what made them wise was that they already had an inkling that they were talking to a devil with angelic manners.
The Christmas Story is a tale of Bad, Sad, Mad and Glad.
God does not wait until everyone is perfect to set in motion perfection.
There was no other time in history when the world was united in one spot of Mesopotamia. The Roman Empire had extended its influence from India all the way to what we know as England.
So when the Prince of Peace was born, and later was accepted by the Roman Empire as the true message, the Gospel was able to go from the dreariness of the Middle East throughout the whole world.
It eventually crossed the Atlantic to the New World.
It is amazing.
It is always astounding how Bad and Sad, and even that which could make us Mad, by the simple anointing of wisdom, can change the whole story to something Glad.
The M Word … April 30th, 2019
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THE
WORD
The word that should never be spoken—too dangerous because of its possibility of misunderstanding:
THE M WORD IS MOST
Most of the time
Most everybody
Most of them
Most of us
Most High God
Most popular
Most intelligent
Most ignorant
Most beautiful
Most spiritual
Most valuable
Most agree
Most disagree
MOST OF THE PEOPLE…
We believe in strength with numbers.
We use the most to cower the least.
We tout predominance.
After all, most people in Dixie in 1859 supported slavery.
Most people in Tennessee in 1956 were in favor of Jim Crow.
Most folks, in 1965, considered divorce to be an unforgivable sin.
For many decades, most of the American people insisted that homosexuality was a perversion.
Most of the most is an attempt to intimidate, deny difference and reject the possibility that simplicity can come from a minority perspective.
Most is a social manipulation, a spiritual intimidation and absolutely, cultural bullying.
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3 Things … February 21st, 2019
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I Would Like to Say to God
- Nice job but stay involved.
- Religion really, really, really sucks.
- You made a lot of sinful things terribly interesting.
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3 Things … February 7th, 2019
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That Just Might Be Unpardonable
1. Insisting: There is no sin
2. Preaching: That people are sinners, going to hell
3. Claiming: I don’t sin
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1 Thing You Can Do This Week To Be More Appealing
Avoid Your Temper
Temper is what happens when we ignore our anger.
Temper is the brat we thought was expelled—exiled far away—but suddenly shows up with a tantrum.
Temper is the frustration that spills out on the wrong person.
Temper is when we look like we have a short fuse and a big bomb.
Temper is caused by trying to keep from being angry.
Wisdom tells us that the lack of anger is a sin
The inability to articulate what is displeasing causes us to swallow our resentment, and then vomit it through our temper.
But nobody takes our temper seriously, assuming we are sleepy, stressed, or the new excuse—”hangry.”
If it comes to your mind and you find it distasteful, before your brain develops a plot against the world around you, speak it.
Share it. You can always be wrong.
On the other hand, temper will never allow you to admit your fallacy. Once temper decides to raise its ugly head, it demands that you defend it.
It is not defensible.
Because temper is too cowardly to simply be angry.
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