16 years ago I started this blog with a political post: Happy Birthday Norman. For the last decade and a half I have continued to post articles mostly political or religious in nature, often both, with the inner conviction that has been my mantra since my early twenties – Every responsible adult in a culture … More Cycles and Circles
Equality is an ideal, and as most ideals are, for all practical purposes, unattainable. The point of having an ideal is having a standard worth aspiring for, like the carrot on a stick, it gets the donkey moving in the right direction. As Jesus said, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is … More Loving lesser people: The proper art of condescension
We had a recent public conversation: Message in the Music, which for me was like torture. When there are, as Bob Marley said, …‘so much things to say’… a little sounding off here and there on this and that can be so much more agitating than the relative bliss of perfect silence. Music, (and too … More Mind Music and Matter
Understandably, the main focus of my recent thoughts on America’s destiny (and whether mentioned or not, the tied destinies of Israel and even ramifications for our own island and regional politic) might seem submerged in the deep philosophical and theological musings that encase them. But the main focus of the Prophetic Series (as becomes clearer … More Sovereign will, Sovereign Power
After watching last night on Netflix a rehearsal of the Waco events of 93, the Branch Dravidian drama and the deep insights it gives into the soul of white America, its political and religious dimensions and how they intertwine, I thought again to highlight an article Prophecy 2 written several years ago, and its relevance … More Crossing the line
While essential preparation for good leadership includes not just thorough familiarity with, but also habituation of the laws, customs, principles and traditions that cause community to cohere; life like music is often complex, subject to change of time and season. Regulation, while necessary, is no simple dance. The power to dismiss dissent is older than … More The Power of Rhythm / The Art of Rule
Each of these blogposts is generally crammed with information. Most of what I hope will be contemplated is the stuff mentioned in passing, usually just a hyperlink (highlighted in red) indicates the material that probably inspired whatever brief commentary is made during the post. I mentioned recently Jacob Collier’s I harm U series which launched … More Harmony 2
Much of how we see the world is decided before we look. I constantly marvel how many typos I detect when editing these blogs only after the sixth or seventh re-reading. This is simply due to the fact that I tend to see what I am expecting should be there. Only after the seventh examination … More Worldview and Objectivity – Reverential relevance
Pastor Fitzroy Kerr seems to be getting some elements of the church’s media mandate correct. Ever since Something More announced the presence of Pentecostal Evangelicals on the Jamaican TV screen with the substantial donation of television equipment from Chapel Hill Harvester Church’s Arch Bishop Earl Paulk, then at the height of his ministerial influence emphasizing … More Mandate for Media Ministry
The last time I heard Angels sing was in 1986. Of course, I could easily dispense with religious jargon and describe the event very differently. What I heard were subtle but distinct tonal harmonies on the threshold of audibility, remarkably similar to the synthesizer-generated tones I had just used to amplify the ethereal atmosphere in … More Lessons from the God Zone: A United Kingdom
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