Rev. Vanessa Titang

Tag: spirituality

  • P A T R I O T +

    P A T R I O T +

    If I
    Had been fit, at the time
    After 9/ 11,
    would I have lived up
    to my own values fully?
    Or needed to force-fit my vessel into an 8-bit camo suit,
    That compromised MY personal soul mission;
    To be what everyone else at the time saw to be the only version of
    A “real” “Patriot”?
    Likely.

    Instead
    Chubby, brainy, MS “rewiring” me
    Found MY real patriotism+ ;
    Finding Real in the
    Meaning behind red, white, & blue;
    And the spectral black-white that lay just
    Below the service .
    And I found my personal freedom
    In, of, for and through me.
    –As a sister, a daughter,
    a friend, a lover,
    a mother,
    A “No one’s free until everybody’s free”,
    Social justice advocating
    Flower child,
    Love worshipping
    Mystic,
    And Spiritual freedom fighting
    Harriet, Fannie Lou, Ida B., and MLK Jr. emulating
    Patriot+.

    1.7.2023 (revised 1.14.2023)

  • Prayer

    Prayer

    Original mixed media collage.

  • Mirror Ritual

    Mirror Ritual

    Fragile, human soul,
    Prepare the glass altar
    For your love,
    With love,
    Impeccably,
    Arrange the ornate items
    For this ritual,
    Delicately,
    Here,
    In this sacred space you occupy
    In flesh,
    Conjure your essence forth,
    To be present here to see,
    To gaze upon,
    To experience,
    To honor,
    Beauty and divinity in its true form,
    Staring back at you in the mirror.

  • Prayer for an Angry Soul

    Prayer for an Angry Soul

    Angry soul
    may your poison be released,
    Let go,
    May peace wash over and soothe the aching,
    May the burning anguish in your core
    Be made cool,
    May pains in your heart be calmed
    Immerse your being in the safe still waters of peace,
    “Comfort me!” you cry,
    To open loving spirit
    May your anger subside.

  • To Grow a Minister

    To Grow a Minister

    So far,
    In such a short duration,
    Growth measured in moments not meters
    Who will I be
    When I reach this my formation,
    I’ll learn in the words and faces,
    Nods of encouragement from the congregation,
    Ministerial poise,
    I am learning
    Growing the muscle of a human heart
    In ways I never knew possible,
    Stretching and strengthening the tissue and sinew
    To engulf the needs of others,
    The tears and fears,
    Joys and triumphs,
    Bittersweet memories

  • Asking (a Prayer)

    Asking (a Prayer)

    I am here and humbled
    By my small body,
    By my tiny imprint on the fingerprint of the divine plan,
    I am hard of bringing myself to bent knees,
    To folded hands,
    To ask,
    For anything,
    For who am I to ask?
    Who am I to expect?

    then I am reminded,
    I am
    inherently worthy,

    Worthy
    As any other being,
    And I am part of this web,
    Interconnected by nature,
    And my part is too important,
    In ways I’ll may never know,
    May never understand

    And so,
    Humble, worthy, interconnected
    I fall to knees with fingers clasped:

    Dear spirit,  great being of existence,
    That in, of, around and composing us,
    I ask for your help,
    Influence in my favor,
    To make and show me
    the best path forth,

    I ask you to make it be,
    That which includes the greatest good
    Even that I might not understand
    Now
    The greatest good
    For me and family
    That our place in this web be filled with peace
    And the good of your divine presence,
    So humbly for this I pray.
    Amen.

  • Altar Space

    This is my home altar space. It has slowly developed over a time, of collecting what I initially saw as small trinkets. Really I was building a small temple for my spirituality.

    I don’t fit neatly in anyway in a “what are you?” box. This altar could look like that of many different faiths, which is truly what I channel. But in the end it makes sense as a Unitarian Universalist. I am content in this spirituality, which I long searched to understand and find.

    Though it is modest, and a tad busy (with limited space), I invite you in to the outer workings of my eclectic spirituality.

    Welcome!