Incorruptible
Glamorous is the exact opposite of Glorious. At least in the Biblical sense. One speaks of outward luster, the other the outshining of the inwardly pure. I’ve written an entire series on Chabod … what some Christians and Jews have called Shekinah, though the source of that is not strictly from Hebrew tradition. Nevertheless the … More The Power and the Glory
There are generally two approaches to theology: Those who consider God’s creation and those who consider God’s creation. That you can hardly distinguish between the two is evidence of the difficulty involved in such discernment at times. In the first case, what is being contemplated is the creation of God … that is, the creation … More Lessons from the God Zone
The Prime Minister of Peace in his dealings with the leader of the opposition, whoever he happened to be at the time, set a very high bar of decorum for his ministers to follow. In the scriptures, the number 12 is the number of government and Jesus as chief minister modelled the standard he laid … More The Devil’s Dignity
In session 2 of the Jamaican church and governance, Prof. Miller spoke of the ‘moving of the spirit of God’ wondering whether, in the context of the rumbling of dried bones coming together we have in the Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches, there might be the starting point of such a move. A powerful symbol … More Still looking
Successful models of church/state partnerships are essential to counter the often valid concerns of the materialist humanists seeking to realize their equal citizenship under a nation of just laws, where neither religion, race, gender, political affiliation, degree of wealth, professional status, social position, level of education or age confers upon its adult citizenry superior status … More State of the church / Church of the state
Christian nationalism is synonymous with racism, xenophobia, Fascism, Nazism, Imperialism, Genocide, terror, torture and atrocities the likes of which we have names for without even understanding what the meanings might be. We simply know that they are bad, very bad. Perhaps this is why Christ and the apostles spoke so harshly about apostasy. Because when … More On whose shoulders? Beneath whose feet?
The symbol of the serpent in ancient Egypt represented power. Although the meaning is not entirely lost in the Judeo-Christian tradition, where the power to rule, to heal and to save are embodied in Jesus Christ, presented as a divine snake; (John 3: 14-15), by and large, bound by the law of first mention, whenever … More When truth demands a response: truth to power
I repost the following article from 2020, From Desegregation to Disintegration. Justice is poetic. Posted on June 1, 2020 by yekengale From the vantage point of the establishment, the nationwide protests engulfing America can be the beginning of the end. The cry on Fox news is stop the hooligans now! From the standpoint of the uprising, this can be the beginning of change. A dispassionate view of history reveals that … More The Sound of War
In Jamaica’s 60th sovereign year as a nation, we reflect how far we have come. Hopefully this year, we have matured enough to include that mirror we all have in each other in our reflective process. Seeing ourselves through the eyes of our contemporaries, even through the eyes of our adversaries, may not always render … More Through whose looking glass?
Politics by definition is the management of collectives. It is how we do whatever it is that we choose to do, and even more fundamentally, it is how we choose. Wherever there is a ‘we’ there is a will…. a collective will. Will, the executive function, is what we call Governance. Lack of understanding of … More All Parties Concerned (The Art of Alliance)
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