Category Archives: essay

A most beloved friend and I met a month prior to my writing the passages below  in January of 2013.  Little did I know of Sufism or the Shahadah and little do I know now.  It’s a tad philosophical, in many … Continue reading →

Poetry has no purpose. None at all. It seems to be some kind of emission from a busy mind, a broken heart, a clouded memory, a longed for future. It has no purpose because it does not fulfill any of … Continue reading →

Note:  Some of these writings have been sitting in my draft box for some time – but they are still contemporary issues and controversies… necessary discomforts that guide change.  Like much of my writing, this is parked here until it … Continue reading →

Freedom is a drop of mercury under our thumb. We press it for answers, we seek to contain it, and it eludes us. It is what is left after we discover everything it is not. What is not “not free.” … Continue reading →

These ruthless acts do more than further the divide between the nefarious and their victims. Still in the wake of yesterday’s Paris events, those of us who survived now risk becoming a venomous two-headed snake, striking at itself, while the … Continue reading →

Upon further reflection… Christmas is not a holiday where a particular religion has been placed on the mantle of humankind, but rather one in which all humankind is placed at the foot of the mantle of God. Jesus said, “For … Continue reading →

In this last month of 2015, much of the world has celebrated the birth of the Prophet Jesus and Prophet Muhammad – each respectively attributed with the message of Christianity and Islam. Yet neither came to establish a new religion; … Continue reading →

Let me prepare you in case you are expecting a Hollywood production, with background music and celebration, cries of gratitude, broad smiles and praise. It’s not there friends. You can put on your own background sound. When you grow up … Continue reading →