My preceding blog served to demonstrate what a critical mass of anthropologists have acknowledged for some time now – the potency of belief system in determining the nature and boundaries of human experience. As asserted in the conversation In defense of truth, when cosmologies clash, the factor that settles the contest is not debate but … More Clash of Cosmologies
Although most official state consultations take place discretely behind closed doors when presidents and head of states summon the Christian Charismatic prophets, it is increasingly common for official state delegations seeking specific favors from the prophetic grace on senior prophets such as TB Joshua, Uebert Angel, Shepherd Bushiri, etc to be received openly in Divine … More Prophets and Politics in Africa
The urge to unity is at the heart of all the virtue capital of humanity. (While venture capital may build a city’s walls, virtue capital – the treasures of developed human capacity, will sustain them; and when lost, a civilization will rot to ruin like dead men’s bones and join the roster of once upon … More We the people
In spite of the optimism of all those who believe in Martin Luther King’s moral arc of the universe….(the one which bends long but tends towards justice) no one is advised to assume that the truth will prevail. And even it does, considering the length of time it takes for some truths to triumph, (The … More A kingdom divided
I always cite the trial of Jesus to support the claim that sometimes deception runs so deeply, that it is best addressed not by clarification or argument but by the test of time and scrutiny. Whereas Jesus once boldly and openly claimed to be the truth, at his trial when asked “what is truth?” his … More The truth, the lie and the difference
Pray for Donald Trump! The word ‘for’ does mean ‘in support of’. But what factors represent authentic support? Yes-men, genuflectors and sycophants are often the surest path to one’s downfall. The truth supports us all – that is the rock of reality. And that’s what the Spirit told a prophet (who shall remain unnamed in … More Pray for Donald Trump.
The Politics of Religion pt. 2 It was a Trumpeter, my name for those inFoxicated (not a slip, spelling intended) friends of mine who see Trump through the ‘right’ lens, as opposed to the ‘wrong’ lens….. at least as far as they are concerned; who asked the stunningly honest question: In a world of conflicting … More Mine
I will be ever pressing for the common recognition of some basic truths that undergird the preservation of public freedom. The understanding that the domains of politics and religion are intertwined and in fact quite inseparable despite the shallow conceptions of materialistic humanism and its renewed attempts to deconstruct what it does not understand. They … More The Politics of Religion
We all know and speak incessantly about how this unprecedented, tremendous access we all have to, and because of, modern technology…. how this in itself has ironically contributed as much to the polarization of society as to the homogenization of cultural values, norms and mores; with the metropolitan heart center of the world pulsating somewhere … More Creative conversations
I spent last week at Moravian Falls in North Carolina – An example to us in Jamaica of the potential of Religious Tourism. Rick Joyner’s Morning Star Church having purchased property where the early Moravians had purportedly invested 100 consecutive years in an unbroken chain of 24/7 prayer. Joyner along with others boosted the visitor … More Sanctuary Cities
