Parasitic fear has latched itself to the heart of the United States of America. There was once an idea, or at least the dream of an idea, that American’s could trust one another if for only the sole reason that all of us share a liberated homeland. This mostly unspoken virtue runs through the consciousness…
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A Multitude of Infirmties, Part IV: The Aimless Journey
My pastor Steve Wells has been going through the story of Joseph in Genesis, his series of sermons revolve around the idea of, “God’s dream for your life,” and how that can often times put you in conflict with yourself, your family, and the world around you. Last week Steve preached on how Joseph suffered…
A Multitude of Infirmities, Part III: The Weapons of Dereliction
Everyone goes away. In our lives we are forced to deal with death. Death – when the strings of a human instrument are cut loose, and all the music from that glorious vessel suddenly ceases to harmonize with our own melody. And for the rest of our lives we think on how sweet the lifesong…
Brad Ellison – Zen Baptist, Writing Mentor, and Chosen Brother
This is Brad Ellison – Yeah. Drink up all that ferocity for a minute. Don’t worry if you feel like he’s kicking your courage in the teeth, it’s okay, that’s the normal mammalian reaction to such a predatory visage. Take comfort in this, dear friends: The first time I met Brad was at the Karaoke…
A Multitude of Infirmities, Part II: The Poison of Loneliness
Part II: The Poison of Lonliness by C.S. Humble Hell is other people. – Jean-Paul Sartre “What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.” – T.S. Eliot One of the challenges of…
A Multitude of Infirmities, Part I – The Armor of Vainglory
Part I – The Armor of Vainglory by C.S. Humble “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ” ― Khalil Gibran If Wrath is the fruit of all my infirmities, then Pride is the root. Most people have a whole spectrum of emotions that they experience each…
Rev. Kevin Sinclair the Hospitaller
Since March the Twenty-Second, Two-Thousand and Fourteen, Anno Domini, I have been living with my friend: Reverend Kevin Ray Sinclair in Houston. My time in communal living with him is coming to an end on May 31st, even though I now live in Houston and will be able to see him, the bond that we…
The Man In My Basement
The Man In My Basement by C.S. Humble PREFACE – The human vessel has been compared to countless nouns and suggested to exist in even more states. Some of the analogies or beliefs are simple in phrase, yet titanic and revolutionary in concept. Plato told his philosopher brethren that the human soul was bicameral –…
Confession is Good for The Soul, Love is Better
By C.S. Humble This might just be me, but spiritually, I get lonely. There are times when I feel so empty that the only appropriate analogous descriptive noun would be ‘abyss’. Sometimes I feel like I’ve over complicated the gospel, other moments like I’ve simplified the eternal mystery of God so that I can have…