<?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[Aloha Jem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aloha Jem]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:27:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.alohajem.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Season of Celebration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Light and airy Lifted. Most of my art photography I deepen. Blacks, vignette. Increase the contrast. Let me feel the heaviness, the magic of its mass. Yet sometimes, an image tells me it's more weightless than that. More dreamy... That not every story is weighted. And it's colors lift and brighten, and I smile at its season of celebration. = )]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/season-of-celebration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bb9d17c384c212cc98b875</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:56:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_5e1ef41a4cb54d37b0738884f297e592~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nervous Hibiscus]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a dream once, something was overtaking me. running its programming through the delicate strings of my nervous system, taking me over one tiny fiber at a time. I awoke saying the name of Jesus. Speaking the one name I know holds the power of life and death... This photo I took of a hibiscus stem reminds  me of that dream. Stems similar to nerve endings that reach through the body, delivering their messages. I often ask myself what floats into my synapses. A message of hope? Love? Or...]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/nervous-hibiscus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ba81409f707efd84e4361c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:02:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_07643f628734447cb7c3e950384a4735~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_766,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak with your Presence ✨]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let your presence speak for you ✨]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/speak-with-your-presence-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc592</guid><category><![CDATA[identity]]></category><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[meditations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category><category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:47:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_93e819d784fc45e587b005562e759d04~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eaten Flower]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the things I love to photograph is decay.  To see the beauty in not only the perfection of a flower, in its full blooming glory, but also  the variations through time.  This particular hibiscus was in a butterfly garden.  Though visibly eaten by young caterpillars,  it still radiated with the health of its … Continue reading The Eaten Flower]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-eaten-flower-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc595</guid><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:46:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_df637daad55b4378b52c0424b9d4868e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_992,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoidance &#38; Learning Safety in Criticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you heard that procrastination is an emotional regulation issue? Perhaps it’s also protection from something you intuitively know won’t be in your best interest, and we also need to consider learning to balance rest within a work and production based society as valuable of course… but seeing the connection between avoidance and perfectionism / … Continue reading Avoidance &#38; Learning Safety in Criticism]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/avoidance-learning-safety-in-criticism-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc597</guid><category><![CDATA[identity]]></category><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category><category><![CDATA[truth]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:41:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_24fce50aefb64c1581be535487365f3f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_819,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Put Hope on a Heart?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Earth and its people know pain, of this I am certain.  We see it in the news and in the eyes of our neighbors.  In the stories of loved ones that unravel the bits of thread that once pierced them, stitch by stitch.  And then, more happens.  As if the level of pain in … Continue reading How to Put Hope on a Heart?]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/how-to-put-hope-on-a-heart-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc594</guid><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:09:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_cb28fd61a7364e71923456ce47150870~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I go Walking]]></title><description><![CDATA[I go walking  Mid day when the sun is warm on my skin and the light bounces off in every direction.  And I pin little nodes of frequency into my ears and I let the music carry me away.  Symphonies cascading through my head and down to my heart as I stop for a moment, … Continue reading I go Walking]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/i-go-walking-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc596</guid><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[meditations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:13:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_5bae80e9750245fb90e97ac96a712a67~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_619,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Subconscious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Often we forget that the subconscious is a slow leak into awareness for a reason.Though in the past I have asked, prayed,“why can’t we all just receive revelation &#38; awareness?”Why God, in his power, can’t just open everyone’s eyes? I slowly began to understand the protection around the subconscious. Around the closing of the eyes … Continue reading The Subconscious]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-subconscious-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc591</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 23:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_b8f3d18375f0415b955f6c1ade395f57~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet]]></title><description><![CDATA[I lean in…Pondering the quiet. The one that creeps in and lays atop my lips. I follow the generational patternwith the finger of my mind,the withdrawing nature of the women who formed my cells. This time feels riper.A gentle nudging of the dove,offering peace.A sort of freedomnot to speak.To flow and eat grapes without the … Continue reading Quiet]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/quiet-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc593</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_9c846025fb7d49a0ab318fb2ff816dbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untangling Desire]]></title><description><![CDATA[But the ease
and pure grace
with which this value is given,
Is astounding in its magnitude.
Intrinsically entangled
within the very
Spirit of life.
Ever searching,
understanding.
Loving its pieces into infinity. 
Consistently aligning
&#38; re-aligning
purpose &#38; desire
to meet with the
Holy breath that
Honors God, self, and others.
That burns away the corrupt versions
and instead desires with
a childlike purity.]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/untangling-desire-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc598</guid><category><![CDATA[Ego]]></category><category><![CDATA[god]]></category><category><![CDATA[identity]]></category><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_55ddbb0e1f05456b9925341b15587b2b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_938,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moonlight Writings]]></title><description><![CDATA[I writeBy the moonlightWords of sweetness and sorrow Candy lippedMoonlight dippedConfections of tomorrow Unknown until light shownI carry now the lanternLine the dots to reap rewardrevealed in Sacred patterns My greatest desire,My God know meGive me your heart to understand And so I waitedBetween Heaven and HellHolding out an open hand.]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/moonlight-writings-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc590</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:14:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_a2a4b8c8737443eaa5373ee8379027ab~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wounded Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sit in mixed noisesnoticingwhere my attention goes.Sometimes awayfrom those that call meAway to those that don’t.Wound I thought healed, resurfacing.The bones of the rejected struggling to piece themselves back togetherto prove shaking skeletons an asset.Not seeing the atrophied fleshof the corpserotsbecause the parts were weighed, and found wanting.Coping mechanisms that bound me to fight … Continue reading Wounded Faith]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/wounded-faith-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de151b1847596b2f4fc58f</guid><category><![CDATA[introspection]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_150e6501c7434570a82a8bce5cf2bfb2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paintings]]></title><description><![CDATA[The light shines from our window, glazing the sides of our living room paintings.They are illuminated,but different.From my angled view,the vast color differentiation is not seen.I know these paintings well,Their beauty. How chaotic, crisp paint marks from my children’s hands and mine tell a story of happiness, creativity, and even the anger fueled from disorder … Continue reading The Paintings]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-paintings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1801</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:15:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_10ac21030cd342a29aca7dbeff14e67d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil is like…]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was given a vision of a ram’s skull and the words “the devil is like this skull, dead” I thought what does this mean? It says he is alive and the ruler of this world and waiting for someone to devour. But then I remembered all these scriptures, Don’t eat the fruit of the … Continue reading The Devil is like…]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-devil-is-like</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1804</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 11:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_a3e056a95c124525b87ed9959de2102f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sun A reminderOf somethingUnfailing. Without doubtIt burns. Consistent.Impartial. By its presence,Earth is fed. Plants gleam their sustenance. My body alsoenriched. Even with eyes closedIt’s rays reach,Wrapping their warmth The depths,Know it not,But because of itexist. Life trickles down into deep watersSaying,I am –evidence of a life-giving light!But the fish in the depths,Illuminate themselves. Still,it … Continue reading The Sun]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1806</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:56:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_56314185839d47e391a6cb17adb70542~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[“And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise — in your hearts;”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭1:19‬ ‭YLT98‬‬]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/morning-star</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1803</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:02:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_5e0e475a8f7e4b7ca2ff5c2191a37b10~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light Holder]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I think about new age concepts and toy with them in my mind,I think about it like this, Maybe I’m a light worker or a starseed.An angel sent to uplift.An indigo child, broken by this cruel world, a bite taken out of my shoulder.Or maybe…I’m a fallen angel, attempting to live out an experience … Continue reading Light Holder]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/light-holder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e17fe</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 18:52:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_929ca7e7c47d44838d2bdcc1cc8c343c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_372,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psalm of My Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my brokenness  I walk upright  Because he made my body to house the light.  The wind sweeps the hair off my shoulder The sun glistens upon my collar bones. I am loved because he said so. His word is truth, dipped in honey. Sweet to my soul  even when it stings. Let my words … Continue reading Psalm of My Heart]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/psalm-of-my-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e17ff</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 07:16:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_f5ef6f66c30b4f8185ad2e9c188ab847~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Heart of God]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was 20, I felt the light of God come to me. It sparkledwith every dimension of color.Glittering specks containedwithin brightnessbeyond comparison. I somehow felt it nearing before I saw.As it approached,within my core… I wished it away,Desperately. Shame overshadowed me. My heart said,“No.”“Do not come to me. I am worthless.” No words were … Continue reading The Heart of God]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-heart-of-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1807</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:03:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_a2f29a28262b405db13d5fdb0d4f5a6e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_779,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Religious Case for Freedom]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I wrote these words, the Emergency act was passed in Canada today, 2/21/2022. Giving extraordinary power to the Government, making it illegal to protest and enacting severe punishments on those who have. While passed with applause, it is a very sad day for many in Canada, and across the world. I have heard many … Continue reading The Religious Case for Freedom]]></description><link>https://www.alohajem.com/post/the-religious-case-for-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de152e698fcbe5d29e1805</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 03:03:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc0730_5c3be46f32c5487daac447b8f717ac12~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_576,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jamiejames</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>