PinnedHere’s How I Made $0.80 Writing for MediumThere’s a lot of talk about which platform is best for bloggers, writers, authors, and neo-nazis who just want to make some extra cash on the side with the invaluable content, sorry, with the literary artwork they produce for the world to read. Medium has been plagued with innumerable posts…Writing4 min read
Jun 14What If: Reimagining Race Relations After the American Civil WarAllow me to be your cicerone through this brief work of my imagination. I want to carry my reader through a myth, a would-be scenario in which postbellum America would reunite as a nation and as a people, devoid of the racial caste that existed before this war and the…History15 min read
Jun 10American ConservativesAmerican conservatives are arguing themselves into national ruination. They are presently fighting for a madman’s right to purchase, possess, and kill citizens with weapons they ought never to have been able to obtain in the first place. When an actor, a member of the Hollywood “elite,” so they’re called, stands…Gun Violence7 min read
May 26Your Thoughts and Prayers Are EvilYour thoughts and prayers mean nothing. And I am not being facetious. They are worthless. If I am an atheist and I hear you say to me, or anyone for that matter, that your thoughts and prayers are with me in my pain, I may learn to hate God, the…Mass Shootings8 min read
May 24The Weight of Silver: Musings on Guilt and ConsequenceI’ve just finished an amazing tale of utmost destitution, of mind, body, and spirit, called Hunger by Norwegian author and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Knut Hamsun. This book, his first novel, is the winner of that prize which he received in 1920. The premise of the book follows a…Jesus7 min read
May 13The Consequence of Reading Yourself Into The BibleWhen we infuse ourselves into a story where we do not belong we disrupt the narrative, interrupt the characters, and disparage the intent of the author of that story. Its structure changes to fit us into a tale, a poem, or a lesson we have no business being connected with…Christianity20 min read
May 9The Snip, The Cough, and The Penguin: A Short Story About a Vasectomy and Other ThingsTo The Chopping Block The young man stood no more than five feet from the operating table, hands in pockets, uneasily gazing at the traffic outside. Cars, trucks, ambulances, and police vehicles rushing to and fro, with no aim in sight other than the cyclical nature of humanity’s desire for pleasure, power, or possessions…Mental Health14 min read
Apr 20My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Note: This post was originally used as a sermonette for Freedom Life Church’s Good Friday service. The topic of the night was the Seven Last Words of Christ. I was asked to speak on one of Christ’s sayings that depict his vulnerability, his humanity, and anguish in the face of…Christianity5 min read
Apr 18The Hate You Teach: John MacArthurPride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. — Proverbs 16:18 I recall spending hours upon hours of my free time either consuming Left Behind books, second-guessing who Nikolai Carpathia was intending on killing next, or listening to Grace To You sermons and teachings. I was twenty or…Christianity20 min read
Apr 12The Shadow of the Cross“The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” — Matthew 17:22 On Palm Sunday Christ entered Jerusalem with one goal in mind: the cross. Short on sleep, high on stress, and seated on a donkey, Jesus enters the city on a hill to the…Easter6 min read
