Witness, NM

Struggling Toward Death Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!  “For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted among them,…

Another college essay with nowhere to go Peggy McIntosh’s “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege” takes a novel approach to the concept of the hidden benefits of living-while-white that, for the year of its publishing, must have been quite groundbreaking. There is no doubt this essay was written by McIntosh because it needed to…

Ergot or Erasure? The Reformation took power away from the church, arguably a good thing especially during the time, however that power became distributed to the hands of the individual, who, for all their credit trying to get out from the subjugation under the wing of Catholicism simply redirected that oppressive nature toward themselves and…

A Halloween Happenstance Post [Writer’s Note: This piece and the follow-up were written for my history class on September 11, 2022. Enjoy!] The Salem Witch Trials founded this country. This event is a historical benchmark that paved the way for this nation’s own contentious relationship it has always had with those the majority labels as…

Still trailing behind me “If a person withdraws from the world, then he will discover its stench, whereas one who wanders about in it clothes himself with the rags of worldly delights and pleasures as if with a glorious garment. There is nothing sweeter than to be an outcast in the house of God rather…

Death, Silence, and Denying the Self Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! “The devil is the source of every lie and deception and cunning and evil. This is why all thoughts aimed against Christians are in essence a lie and deception. “He promises to the young every kind of prosperity…

Who We Listen to is Who We Are Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen. “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma” (Ephesians 5:1-2). I may be seen as…

Preface to Part III Christ is Risen! Truly, He is risen. “It is not freedom when we say to people that everything is permitted. That is slavery.” – St. Paisios I’ve been working on this piece for the better part of September, trying to figure out exactly what to say and apply some experience to…

Resisting the Stained Self Christ is Risen! Truly, He is risen. “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now…