Michael Reed Davison

Among the millions who follow would-be kings
Hidden among the brutal, the hateful, and the ignorant
Are glorious, yet simple souls
Who cherry-pick their vile leaders' words
For a shred of light

#poetry #writingchallenge

Unicorns are dinosaurs???

(Also partly inspired by two other favorite artists of mine: Jon Schmidt and Sara Wilkes)

A song like springtime
Warm my heart and rouse my soul
—With compelling joy

#haiku #haikuchallenge #poetry #ejae #golden

Looking at this data, I would only count as a Skeptic! 😅💔 They only gave the title of Rejecter to people who answered "Completely Disagree" to all five questions.

I would have answered that way to 4/5, and then given a more moderate answer to the "law should be based on Christian values" question.

Respect for apostates is, at best, an aspirational virtue for most of us. I am sorry about that.

The spirit of orthodoxy tends to drown out the spirit of religious liberty and mutual understanding. But if I had been taught a different interpretation of LDS teachings, I might have left, too.

I might infer, from the data you cited, that 49% of Latter-day Saints would agree with you, while 49% would take exactly the opposite interpretation.

...with beliefs that Millennial life and governance will be pluralistic, and that Deseret was intended to be a Democratic Republic.

Some of us were taught a version of Mormonism in which the core beliefs include: God rewards sincere questioning, democracy and ethnic pluralism are of God, and God judges people differently depending on their degree of knowledge.

These beliefs lead us to oppose Christian Nationalism.

Interesting! Just in my head, I have a system sort of like this? But more qualitative instead of quantitative (or nominal instead of ordinal)

* Primary plot scope (world, relationship, or personal)
* Primary plot type (mystery, adventure, romance...)
* Setting (fantasy, sci-fi, urban...)
* Audience

Glorious wellspring
Art powers the human heart
Infinite and new

#haikuchallenge #haiku #writingchallenge

Today we mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a giant of the civil rights movement who never stopped demanding that America live up to its promise.



He marched, he ran, he organized and he preached justice without apology.

May we honor him not just in words, but in struggle.

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"The first-ever NICU in Sierra Leone just opened its doors — with the help of Hank & John Green" @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social

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#lds #showerthoughts If we were called "mystery" brothers and sisters instead of "ministering" brothers and sisters—

It would make #ministering a lot more fun. 🙃

It's corny as hell but the solution to fascism is loving thy neighbor

Sleep summons silence
Its dark, wintry peace so still
Holding space for dreams

#haiku

"My kingdom is not of this world." ~hippie spirit leader Jesus

If we Christians really believed that, we would spend a lot less time trying to impose our beliefs via criminal law enforcement

Worldly call to outrage
Nature's drive to sleepiness
Yet—God calls me, too.

Quieter than whispers
Peaceably, joyfully, calls
Soft as falling snow

#haiku #liberationtheology #religion

When the Two Sides of the Culture War Meet Turning Point USA’s halftime show had some surprising overlap with the performance it was meant to protest.

Brief peep into why the culture war is a defensive distraction from the class war that could actually threaten the oligarchs and their minions.

‘Together, We Are America’ Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.

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Oh, Love, thou ancient mystery
From holding hands to Trinity
Two hearts in perfect amity
Three souls, divinest unity

#godhead #trinity #lds #christian

Sunrise to sunset
Every day a miracle
Every breath a gift

#haikuchallenge #haiku

A gentle flame that turns and heals
Incarnate transformation's life
It glows and flows and wakes and cheers
But without anger, without strife
A fire that tickles, warmth that feels
A force as kind as it is nice

#micropoetry #writingchallenge

The alien ambassador sidled through the museum in awe.

"You Humans have so much art! Do you have machines to make all paintings, poems, stories and songs?"

"We experimented with that, briefly," the guide said. "But humans are both cheaper and more creative. And, well, we will make art regardless."

Fireside stories
Caveman sketches
Sidewalk chalk art
Children's scribbles
Blest are poor, meek
Priceless cr'ations

#micropoetry #beatitudes #leastofthese

Rest, sleep, take a breath
'Neath a blanket of sparkling white
And barren trees' shade

#haikuchallenge

Ant crawls 'cross the sky
Draws a line-cloud in its wake
H2O chemtrails

#dihydrogenmonoxideawareness
#everythingischemistry
#haikuchallenge

Many otherwise intelligent people do not have a clear concept of what fascism is.

(I have the OP blocked tho, so I cannot vouch for their intelligence. 😅)

How can one artist
Create a world of green and blue?
Impossible... yet—

#haikuchallenge #haiku #micropoetry

Like snow in morning
Complacency melts before
A prophetic call

#lds #christian #religion