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Pride – a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired; the consciousness of one’s own dignity; the quality of having an excess high opinion of oneself or one’s importance.

So I tend to associate pride with being cocky. But I learned that pride can also come in the form of a [...]

I posted this a few months ago, but youtube.com removed the video of Lauryn Hill performing this live. Instead, I have decided to post the words:

Motives and Thoughts

By: Lauryn Hill

Motives And Thoughts
Rotating bodies, confusion of sound
Negative imagery, holding us down
Social delusion, clearly constructed
Human condition, morals corrupted

Trapped in reaction, lawlessness war
Dissatisfaction from bowels to core
Devil’s technology, strategy for
Human mythologies, urban folklore

Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure
Wicked theology, robbing the poor
Scheme demonology mislead the pure
Strictly strategically studying war

Light shown in darkness, image [...]

For those that have been reading my post, it is not mystery that I subscribe to the truths revealed in the Bible. In addition to reading, I try to observe these truths as they are revealed in my every day existence. From genetically modified “food” to McDonald’s “non-decomposing-happy meal” to flouride in the water, there is something to be said about this current war on food.

My parents are super-duper suspicious of the food they eat – maybe because with [...]

The only thing in life that is guaranteed is death. Sometimes reality has a way of butting in and casting rain on my life-parade. This weekend, I mourned with my friend about the loss of his father, occurring only a few years after the loss of his mother, all while my friend was just beginning to experience his roaring-twenties. As the choir sang a hymn of comfort to the family and friends in the congregation, I was overwhelmed with emotion [...]

Album: Bitte Orca (circa 2009)
Artist: Dirty Projectors
Label: Domino Records

I love this song for all the wrong reasons. It is like falling for a guy that I know is not my type, but he has something extremely appealing and alluring that sucks me in. I never like weird song titles where there is no way in god’s green earth it can carry any explanation; nor am I usually a fan of songs that have a muted drum or bass line. However, [...]

I took this picture when I was climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Table Mountain is 1,086 m above sea level. It took me 2 hours to climb from the bottom to the top – and that wasn’t even the long route. In addition to getting some much needed exercise, it was an overwhelming experience to set my goal at the foot of the mountain, as my eyes were fixated at the top of the mountain, and to [...]

The question of the hour.

If I posed this question to many, most would choose the later.

But the irony is that most people don’t know what religion really is. How many people have actually read a spiritual text in it’s entirety or actually studied many different passages, and came to their own understanding of the verses, outside of another’s interpretation. How many people can really define what faith, love, truth and righteousness really are based on the definitions contained in the [...]

1 Peter 2:16 “Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.”

I have no clue what is going on with the water. Water has been the topic of conversation for over 2 weeks. It all started a few weekends ago, when I took a trip to Boston. After a long bus ride from the Nations Capital to the Bean, I looked forward to jumping into a hot shower. When I finally got settled at my weekend abode, I was immediately warned of a situation with the water: “there’s feces in the [...]