PinnedThe Myth of Strong Men“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” This quote has been popularized on social media and misattributed and often botched by its users as an accurate account of the history and the potential downfall of society…Men11 min readMen11 min read
Oct 24, 2022The Benefits Of A Race Conscious SocietyThere is a continual temptation in the heart of man to live within a racialized society as if it were race-neutral, or at least race-less. …Race8 min readRace8 min read
Oct 10, 2022Their Faces Haunt Us StillWhat must we do with the faces that gawk at us from black and white photos, steaming, joyous, and jubilant as they celebrate another successful lynching?Race13 min readRace13 min read
Sep 19, 2022The Slave Ship Named JesusLittle is known about this slave trading ship other than it was built in the Free City of Lubbock (Germany) circa 1520, acquired by the English circa 1540, and used mainly as a slave trading ship by the English from 1562–1568. One source states that this ship was under the…Religion8 min readReligion8 min read
Sep 11, 2022On This Day We RememberOn this day we remember the fallen, the victims, made powerless unto death by the raging violent fires produced by jet fuel and burning debris that felled two or three major towers and with them a nation. The occupants of those buildings and the passengers in those airplanes are gone…Never Forget10 min readNever Forget10 min read
Sep 9, 2022The Queen Is Dead. Decency Is Not.It has come to my attention that the Queen of England, more so, the Queen of the British Empire and the British Common Wealth has died. Now, how does that affect me, a Brazilian raised in America who now resides in Canada? Not much. In truth, Queen Elizabeth’s death has…Queen7 min readQueen7 min read
Sep 9, 2022Why Your Prayer Requests Go Unanswered“What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask…Christianity4 min readChristianity4 min read
Aug 16, 2022Innkeeper SyndromePoet Taelor Gray pondered the question, how did that innkeeper feel after refusing to give Mary and Joseph a room to nest in for the night, not giving them the privacy and shelter they needed throughout the process of labor? “I wonder how it felt to be that inn keeper To…Christianity5 min readChristianity5 min read
Aug 3, 2022Formulaic Idolatry: Why Christians Should Stop Making Idols Out of MethodsUnanswered prayers have become a humbling aspect of my Christian experience. You see, not many of us know how to pray, because, as James states, “You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not…Christianity11 min readChristianity11 min read
Jul 26, 2022Confronting The Gatekeepers: How To Prevent The Retraumatization of VictimsCoffee, Racism, and Victimhood Mentality “Bro, cant sleep tonight…all this race issue is boiling in my head. Here is an honest one: would u be kind enough to me, to sit down for a coffee and explain what u feel and what is really going on from your perspective? Because I only see what I…Racism12 min readRacism12 min read
