Michael M. Rose

The God Our Best Words Can’t Hold

Our best images of God are still only pointers. Hold them lightly —and please, don’t be a dick about them.

Nov 22 • 

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October 2025

The Communion of Becoming

A Teilhardian Inspired Prayer of Consent to Love’s Ongoing Evolution

Oct 31 • 

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What Do You See?

What St. Francis and our modern “lepers” can still teach us about love.

Oct 17 • 

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Faith Rescued: How Process Theology Saved my Faith in God

Process theology emphasizes God’s love over coercive power, offering a soulful vision that inspires genuine hope, even in tough times.

Oct 10 • 

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Sometimes The Kin-dom Smells Like Sheep Poop

Because love hides in the dust, sweat, chaos, and sheep poop, along with the unexpected joy of ordinary work.

Oct 3 • 

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August 2025

Roots Remember What Branches Forget

A story for the days you’re not sure you believe.

Aug 26 • 

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My Lament Beneath “Love Wins”

a confession in the key of trembling.

Aug 19 • 

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Ten Million Resurrections

This is How Love Wins: Small Acts. Big Love. Endless Resurrection.

Aug 12 • 

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Wicked? Oh Please.

Reclaiming Our Hearts from Shame and the Bad Ideas That Keep Us Small. What if your heart isn’t deceitful — just unfinished? Maybe Jeremiah had a bad…

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

The Beautiful, Awful Work of Enemy Love

An Exercise in Grief, Grace, and Gut-Level Resistance.

Jul 24 • 

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Dear Loud Guys at the Coffee Shop...

Jesus Didn’t Die to Satisfy Your Vengeance Kink. [too far?]

Jul 16 • 

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June 2025

Performative Piety & the Way of Love

A mash up of texts and themes from Isaiah and the gospels inspired by a talk by the Atlantic Rep for MCC one Sunday morning.

Jun 20 • 

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