29 March 2016 I go to the doctors, we do the doctor/patient small talk as always, “How are you feeling as of late? Tell me your symptoms. Are you feeling depressed?” And such, the same questions every time as they take my blood pressure and pulse. The doctor then decides to send me to the…More
Life’s Universal Journey: A Comparison of The End of My First Relationship And The Magic Barrel
17 March 2016We all have moments in our life when we feel lost, when we cannot figure out how to create for ourselves the future which we want. We think to ourselves “What am I to do? What can I do? Do I even really know myself?” Then, through various events, we discover more about…More
The biggest mistake is to play it safe and end up a moral failure
Inspired by people who were arrested
Jesus was a radical
Jesus was a radical nonviolent revolutionary who hung around lepers, hookers, and crooks; wasn’t American, and never spoke English; was anti-wealth, anti-death penalty, and anti-public prayer (M 6:5); he never called the poor lazy, never justified torture, never fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes, never asked a leper for a copay; and was…More
Easy Essay: Out of the Temple
Christ drove the money changers out of the Temple. But today nobody dares to drive the money lenders out of the Temple. And nobody dares to drive the money lenders out of the Temple because the money lenders have taken a mortgage on the Temple. When church builders build churches with money borrowed from money…More
Remember, Jesus of Nazareth was a prisoner
Remember, Jesus of Nazareth was a prisoner, found guilty by a court, & sentenced to death. He went to the temple (the church) & turned over tables, scattering the collection money, & chasing out the church’s money handlers with a whip. Jesus challenged the established rules & out of hand & unfair traditions, and because…More
10 Reasons Christians Should Oppose the Death Penalty
† The Executions of Sts. Maximilian Kolbe and Edith Stien † The Woman caught in adultery, whom Jesus refuses to condemn to a Legal Execution † The Executions of Sts. Lawrence, Agnes, Lucy, Agatha, etc. † The Stoning of St. Stephen † The Execution by Arrows of St. Jude † The Stoning and Clubbing of…More
The Death Penalty Violates The 1st and 5th Commandments
on July 23, 2014, at Florence State Prison in Arizona, the execution of prisoner Joseph Wood was botched, he gasped and struggled for nearly 2 hours before he finally died after the supposed ‘lethal’ injection was administered by his executioners. What happened to Joseph Wood on the table in Arizona happens to innocent people in…More
Are Politicians Truly Pro-Life?
In the August 6th 2015 Republican Presidential Debate, Marco Rubio said, “I believe in protecting every human life at every stage. I believe we have that law – it’s called the constitution.” and the next day many people who claim to be Christian were praising him for his pro-life statement. It is a statement that…More
