The self-proclaimed sane unconvinced onlookers in books and life expect that their science, stealth investigation, or innovation will eventually clear every messy mystery up and prove once and for all the intense madness of true believers who, guided by the sure light of a divine code, walk in ancient ways.
Category: Essays
Some things I learned from my dad because I was not in Children’s Church
Two things are on my mind today. Number 1: My dad’s 79th birthday: Happy birthday Daddy! Number 2: Church nurseries and “Children’s Church.” Below are some things I learned as a child at church from my dad because I was not in nursery or Children’s…
Is being practical, practical?
Compromise is practical. It’s the nice thing to do we’re taught. So we do it, and it’s usually a good thing in a way. We don’t get all of what we want, but we at least get something. Sometimes it works out that we get…
We the People: On the topic of Abortion
An essay & a poem by Pamela Eason “We the People,” bestowed on us by our constitution, officially labels the collective. It brings to mind our collective – our society acting as one. “We the People” is you, and it is me. It once sounded…
Hearing Voices
Long, long ago on some far gone day, God spoke to his people in a mysterious way. Secular Groups for People Who Hear Voices There are groups, I learned from a Ted Talk, whose mission is to help people who hear voices. Intervoice and The Hearing Voices…
Ariel
In Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid, Ariel is the recipient of both her father’s favor and wrath. In chapter 29 of Isaiah’s prophetic oracles, “Ariel,” the city who experiences both God’s wrath and favor, is a pseudonym for Jerusalem or Zion. In his commentary,…
What the Satanic Monument Could Show Us About Worship
I’m sure most everyone has read or heard in last week’s news that the Satanic Temple proposed a seven-foot tall monument to be placed beside the Ten Commandments Monument currently residing at Oklahoma’s state capitol. For those who haven’t see it already, the proposed monument…
Times Square and The Begotten Son
We both grew up in rural Alabama. Neither of us, me nor my husband, had ever stepped foot in New York City. But years of watching televised images of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop impressed upon our minds…
Do Our Future Times Already Exist?
Right now, people in the Philippines are reeling in the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Typhoon Yolanda) Before the typhoon, throughout the Philippines, up to 400,000 women and 100,000 children were caught in the bondage of human trafficking. According to HumanTrafficking.org most who are…
The Middle of the Middle of Our Story
Lately I’ve been watching the TV Series, “Once Upon A Time.” If you’ve ever seen any of the episodes you will know that, just as its name suggests, the series is about fairy-tale characters whose stories have a bit of a spin. If you haven’t…