Poem: If, in leaving a place…

If, in leaving a place, Those you leave behind Sigh in relief and Give thanks to God For your departure Then you can trust that You offered no good Provided nothing of substance Added no value To the space you vacated. If, in leaving a place, Your absence Brings relief and praise Then your presence mustContinue reading "Poem: If, in leaving a place…"

Stork Delivery, Part 2: Uninvited & Misguided

We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined andContinue reading "Stork Delivery, Part 2: Uninvited & Misguided"

Stork Delivery, Part 1: When a 22yo Dropped Into My Life

Last summer some misguided and unrepentant stork dropped a 22-year-old prima donna aspiring hardcore rap superstar into my quiet solitary life.

ACAD – Matthew 28: The Resurrection of Jesus

The Resurrection of Jesus After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was likeContinue reading "ACAD – Matthew 28: The Resurrection of Jesus"

“The Indian Question.”

The language of hate and propaganda against non-white populations in America is not new. "The Indian Question." The solution of the Indian Problem, as it is called, is citizenship. Like all great questions which have agitated the world, the solution is simple; so simple that men cannot understand it. They look for something complicated, somethingContinue reading "“The Indian Question.”"

Doodle4Google 2017 Winner

I love this contest. The entries from young artists are so inspiring. The 2017 winner is Sarah Harrison (CT): Congratulations to Sarah Harrison from Connecticut in the 10th-12th grade group on being named the National Finalist of the 2016-17 Doodle 4 Google Contest for her doodle "A Peaceful Future". Google is honored to award SarahContinue reading "Doodle4Google 2017 Winner"

…just another strongman…

I often meet people in the West who insist that the Holocaust was the worst atrocity in human history, without question. Yes, it was horrific. But I often wonder, with African atrocities like in the Congo, how horrific were they? The thing Africans don't have that Jewish people do have is documentation. The Nazis keptContinue reading "…just another strongman…"