I’ve been overdue a commentary on Marcus Garvey’s Pan- African philosophy of Religion and after several drafts, and a rare bout of writer’s block, I’ve decided to take a detour into a related but separate matter I’ve been meaning to do for sometime on the Obeah Act of 1898… well it’s about more than that … More The Obeah Act
No war is ever fought because of ideology, whether political or religious. All wars are fought between the very rich and the very poor, or to be more specific, the greedy and the destitute. Ideology in itself, despite the passionate claims of both adherents and detractors is as innocuous and inert as a gun, bomb, … More All in one
We are approaching again another high and holy day in the Jamaican calendar and in almost all the entire Caribbean – Emancipation Day, celebrated on August 1st, commemorating the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 on that very day. The Caribbean Christian Leadership Network marks this day by facilitating appropriate reflection in … More ALL in all
Evaluating a public figure whose purported acts range from alleged rape (*SCOAN denies charges) to alleged resurrection, and multiple cases of each, might signal for some that there is more fiction than fact circulated about this character and he clearly is one of those individuals that attract tall tales both in villification and veneration alike, … More TB Joshua (1963 – 2021) #2
T.B. Joshua is the single-most significant person in 21st century Christianity emerging at the time of the shift of the epicenter of the faith from Europe to Africa. His influence in life and death eclipses every other proclaimer of the gospel of Jesus Christ of his era. Despite the most vicious attempts to distort and … More The dust settles. The legacy remains.
The recent tragic killing of Cora Thompson on church grounds in Western Jamaica during a worship service has shaken many to their core. Having lived in a bubble for the past few weeks, I have just been reading the comments giving voice to the national reaction and have taken notice of the many questions the … More Hard Sayings
Dispersion was the secret ingredient that led to the widespread and rapid propagation of the gospel in the beginning and the same is true today, perhaps now more than ever before. This was decidedly expressed in the recent Lausanne document on world evangelism: The State of the Great Commission, a monumental work of intellect and … More Diasporation
I’d like to sincerely wish one and all a very merry Christmas, but how can I? I’m ending the year as I began it recognizing the utter vanity of tradition if we are not prepared to protect and preserve it. As far as Christmas is concerned, I’ve long repudiated the Johnny Mathis and Bing Crosby … More Black Christmas
A fair authentication of authorship is the ability to fix one’s broken invention. This assumption probably underscores the logic behind the central tenet of Christianity’s claim that Jesus is God – his purported ability to fix the problems of humanity. It started out with simple things, like saving the life of a party when the … More The Fixer
This peculiar phrase, oft repeated in ritual prayer privately and publicly by adherents to the Christian faith encodes a key understanding, vital to all humanity, regardless of faith or lack thereof. Properly understood to be addressing a personification of the progenitor and source of the cosmic order, when stripped of gender and paternal assumptions, which … More Hallowed be Thy Name 3
