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   tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 09:46:59 JST tinydoctor

   If Jesus came today, do you think he would join the GOP and hang out with billionaires?

   πάλιν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.

   Yeah, the New Testament is written in Greek. Camel. Eye of needle. Rich man. Use your cyborg prosthesis.

   #jesus #immigrant #undocumented Next toot; a poem I wrote in 2006: A Day in the Life of the Risen Jesus

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 09:49:07 JST tinydoctor

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     A Day in the Life of the Risen Jesus

     Jesus is homeless.
     Jesus hasn’t had a shower
     or a haircut
     or a shave
     in a long, long time.

     Jesus sleeps in a cardboard box
     down by the river,
     dreaming of sweet Mary Magdalene.

     Jesus rises with the sun,
     washes his hands with water from a plastic jug.

     Jesus kneels on his dirty sleeping bag,
     and chants the Shema:

     The Lord our God is One…

     Jesus walks a mile to the labor pool,
     looking for a day’s work. (continues)

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 09:50:09 JST tinydoctor

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     Jesus speaks Spanish fluently;
     with his olive skin he could be mestizo.
     Jesus is a hard worker and knows some carpentry.

     Jesus usually goes out on a job
     with a construction or lawn crew.

     Jesus could make foreman,
     but he drinks a little.
     Jesus often disappears for days and weeks
     and no one knows where.

     Blessed be the Unspoken Name
     and the Unseen Kingdom

     Jesus cashes his paycheck at FastCash,
     crosses the street to the liquor store
     lays down money for the jug wine
     he will share with his friends

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 09:52:10 JST tinydoctor

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     down by the river.

     And you shall love the Lord, your God
     with all your heart,
     with all your soul,
     and with all your might.

     Jesus stays up late
     drinking and talking with his brothers, brother to all.
     Jesus didn’t come to save, this time.
     There’ll be no healing, this time.
     No miracles, this time.
     No water into wine, even when the bottle’s empty.

     These words will command you today in your heart:
     teach the children.

     Jesus washes his hands
     with water from the plastic jug,
     under unseen stars.

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 09:53:48 JST tinydoctor

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     Jesus chants the Shema:

     when you sit at home,
     when you walk along the way,
     when you lie down and when you rise up.

     #poem #poetry