<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sunesis Magazine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring faith, beauty, and thought through words.]]></description><link>https://sunesismagazine.wixsite.com/sunesis-magazine/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:55:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sunesismagazine.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What and Who Is God?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doctrine The word doctrine comes from the Latin word doctrina. Doctrine is teaching and instruction that comes from a place of life. Doctrine is what you do, what you have become, and the disposition you attain and assume. Doctrine encompasses the nature, activities, and teachings of a person. The doctrine of God refers to the instructions that proceed from the nature of God and from what Christ taught, both through His words and through His life. "6 And this is love, that we walk according...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/what-and-who-is-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a373b2b66c6753c1e724106</guid><category><![CDATA[Teachings]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:15:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ffda50a0522e4f73bc0b8cf09edbdb14~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matthew 19:1-20:34]]></title><description><![CDATA[Concerning Divorce 19 When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; 2 and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. 3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” 4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/matthew-19-1-20-34</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f835eae0d73d1087f7c77</guid><category><![CDATA[Gospels]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:33:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zechariah 2:14-4:7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joshua, the High Priest 3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and [a]Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. 4 He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.”...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/zechariah-2-14-4-7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f7f7eae0d73d1087f72ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Haftarah]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:14:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbers 8:1 - 12:16 NASB1995 (Beha'alotcha)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seven Lamps 8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.’”3 Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 4 Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/numbers-8-1-12-16-nasb1995-beha-alotcha</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f6c07f9e37e2aaa150b4a</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Torah Portion]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:54:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Just Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are a writer, whether in fiction, poetry, editorial, or educational work, you may sometimes feel that the words you spend hours pouring into your journals are merely words, endless scribbling on a page. But they are not merely words. You have been entrusted with a gift. Scribes can be mighty instruments in the hands of God, vessels through which He communicates His heart and His mind to a generation. As a scribe, you can write under the leading of the Holy Spirit, communicating the...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/not-just-words</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a14aa9c183a32d20e31a8e2</guid><category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 20:03:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edem x Akweley; Enduring Faith (III)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part Three - Enduring Faith A few more weeks of the silence and hatred nearly broke him. One night, during his prayer time, Edem finally collapsed with exhaustion. He bowed his face to the floor and wept. He told God he was ready to give up. He couldn't save his marriage, he couldn't save his wife, and he was ready to walk away. He was so lost in his own grief that he didn't hear the door open. When he finally lifted his head, he saw Akweley. She was kneeling on the floor right beside him,...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/edem-x-akweley-the-god-who-is-always-near-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a149a01b6bdb307fe71286d</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edem x Akweley; The Cold Between Us (II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part Two - The Cold Between Us Edem took a week off work, refusing to leave Akweley’s bedside. It was a slow, agonizing process. Akweley didn't speak a single word to him. Every question he asked, Are you hungry? Do you need a pillow?, was met with a stony silence or a look that felt like a physical blow. One afternoon, he retreated to the hospital bathroom, a place that had become his only sanctuary. He stared at his reflection in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot and weary. "God, what is...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/edem-x-akweley-the-god-who-is-always-near-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a147dd2d681fe01d168b773</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:51:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edem x Akweley; The Fracture (I)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blurb When a joyful surprise birthday party ends in a midnight nightmare, Akweley and Edem’s world is shattered. As Akweley spirals into a silent, angry depression and Edem battles a crushing weight of guilt, their home becomes a graveyard of unspoken words. This is a raw, honest exploration of a couple’s struggle to find their way back to each other, and to a God who feels painfully distant in the wake of tragedy. Edem x Akweley is a raw, stirring exploration of a marriage pushed to the...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/edem-x-akweley-the-god-who-is-always-near</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a147cc0b883334b04ea2fac</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:48:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The Summer of 1980”]]></title><description><![CDATA["Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi," An Akan proverb that says, “It is not wrong to go back and retrieve what has been forgotten” It is a journey into the past, into lives once lived, today forgotten Histories once rich, their moral fabric, now tattered, dispersed across time It is the summer of 2025. Children splashing in the murky pool waters Bodies glisten in the sun, hourglass women and sculpted men, Sculpted by whom? God? Dumbbell? Scalpel? These days, it’s hard to tell And then,...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/the-summer-of-1980</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a14798258eb64680ef81f46</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:34:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0ec0350a45e74afab0a44b34c201209d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent Battles]]></title><description><![CDATA[How dare you judge me when you do not know the full story How dare you take one glance and think you know it all? Beneath the calming ripples are silent battles The silent battles that cause me to act in ways I never thought I would I look in the mirror and I see a reflection that I can hardly recognize A constant reminder of the raging waves that have molded me into this unrecognizable shadow of who I once was So thank you, thank you for the incessant reminder of who I’ve become I see you...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/silent-battles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a147656183a32d20e31459b</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:20:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_d62cc9bc024a4fafb2f3649ba987b2c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today I Cried]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I cried, not from sadness, not from joy, not even from emptiness. It wasn’t the unpaid bills or the pressing deadlines. It wasn’t the echo of my father’s absence, that grief has learned to sit quietly within. It wasn’t old wounds or past betrayals; those have long been forgiven. It wasn’t even the racial slurs hurled at me by the frail old woman hunched over her cane. The tears came from somewhere deeper, a travail too deep for words. Today I cried. They were the tears of earnest...]]></description><link>https://www.sunesismagazine.com/post/today-i-cried</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1471b54ad1e926d85954ae</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:59:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df059b_2500dbe0b77a4d9ab9d45a02bf82c47b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sunesis Magazine</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>