I have had a hand full of people that actually care about me, start to look at me with an edge of concern lately. In fact, I can almost feel them whispering to themselves as I walk by, secretly saying to themselves, “Is he O.K.”? Changes And I understand that a little bit I guess. …
Where’s Your Homeboy Now? In St. Peter the Rock’s 2nd epistle and chapter 3, the edgy disciple-prophet pens a verse in the middle of a lengthy narrative on the so-called “negligible” signs of Christ’s coming, from scoffers who prognosticate that the jig is up on the Christians once and for all, for the “so-called” Messiah has …
Deja Vu I stumbled across a portion of scripture for about the umpteen millionth time this morning. A scripture that indeed struck a chord within me that has been perhaps longing to be strummed for some time in order to awaken my own calcified heart to its melodic revelation. And as I polished off that …
The Devil’s Advocate In 1997, I was quite captivated by a movie starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves entitled “The Devil’s Advocate”. I was finishing my undergraduate degree in Pastoral Ministries and Bible, preparing for my entrance into a Master’s program, eagerly ready to embark on a call into “the ministry”. The movie struck an analytical …
An Epiphany of Sorts It was about a year and a half ago that I found myself on a particular “ship of fools” shall we say. I don’t mean by my deprecating comments to exclude my own ability to “play the fool” from time to time in regard to what I will reflect upon today. …
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