Witness, NM

The Threshold of an AA Awakening Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way…

The Point of Departure of an AA Awakening Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!  “‘Wash yourselves clean, make yourselves clean. Put away the evils from your souls before My eyes. Cease from your evils. Learn to do good. Seek judgement and redeem the wronged. Defend the orphan and justify the…

One Life; One Focus; One Long Layover Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!   “I do not fear hell and I don’t think of Paradise. I ask only for God to have mercy on the whole world and on me.” — St. Porphyrios Originally this was written on the ground…

Thoughts on the Solstice Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!  “My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed” (Luke 1:46-48). Today is the Winter solstice,…

An Unenlightened Digression from a Delayed Denver Layover Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be! Being sober in Reno is like being underage in New Orleans, there’s fun stuff to do, but you don’t really get the full experience. When I was younger, I thought it’d be funny to move to…

Snake Oil or: It’s Only Poison if You Think It Is Prosperity gospel has no basis in any faith-based tradition, it is not a spiritual successor to the Protestant reformation, and it is certainly not apostolic. Prosperity gospel is a part of the self-help industry, and uniquely American, having its foundation in this country’s particular…

I real-life it, I spill vices Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!  “Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are…

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…