Tonight makes three weeks exactly since Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica after huffing and puffing and blowing herself up offshore to be the most powerful and devastating storm ever to have hit the island in remembered history. In the aftermath of the absolutely catastrophic, and in some cases, fatally tragic disaster, we the Jamaican … More Future-Focused
I am just now catching up with the goings on at CARIFESTA which took place in Barbados in August. This was a great disappointment for me. My intention was to have been there. This was to have been a stepping stone for me to return to the work I had begun with the indigenous peoples … More One story One song
The idea of a Christian vote in the Jamaican context is an interesting proposition. For such a voting bloc to exist and to be of societal value requires an internal cohesion which can only be achieved through common connection to universally trusted sources of information and universally respected voices of authority. Even then, weighing in … More A church voting bloc?
It was just a few years ago that my friend who happened to lead one of the several Father’s support organizations in the island approached me with the predicament that the men’s movement was having. A woman’s organization had announced its launch on Father’s day, which was a perceived affront to all ‘di man dem’ … More Faith of our Fathers and Cultural Friction
The time has come to move from rhetoric to action, but even this challenge could become another case of rhetoric, if we do not design the institutions through which action can be achieved. – Michael Manley Errol Miller’s latest two volume work, Elections and Governance: Jamaica on the Global Frontier – The Colonial Years and … More Institutional Design
“… I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” It is good to repeat certain truths over and over again, because this is how the lie prevails – by constant repetition. As every good hypnotist knows and certain politicians, if you keep repeating a narrative, it becomes operational. … More Warfare of Worldviews
My grandparents raised 11 children of their own and instituted almost 75 years ago a sacred family Christmas dinner tradition that has continued unbroken since, and though the family has spread across three continents and spanned several nationalities, wherever we are, we will gather to some ‘Jerusalem’ for a family feast and renew our blood … More The Jakes Scandal and Family Values
Every Black History Month for the last 20 years I have deliberately sought to circulate articles from my blog “The Half Not Told” in an attempt at kindling a conversation, hopefully a balanced conversation, an honest conversation, a hard-to-have conversation about race … and race like family, like nationality, like social group and faith community … More Sacred Stories – The hard problem of RACE
My continued celebration of The Life of TB Joshua, (as with my celebration of the Life of Ian Boyne,) has much more to do with my recognition of who the man was (and is in spirit) and the significance of his contribution to posterity, than me being personally aligned with or even necessarily in agreement … More Another seed another harvest
A friend sent me two blog posts from Frank Viola, one of the top Christian bloggers on the internet. The first: To my miracle-obsessed Friends, the second: To my miracle-doubting friends. Should I summarize and de-theologize his main argument? ‘Character is more important than spiritual power’. However, Frank is talking to church people, who by … More It’ll take a miracle
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