“The soul can only be present when body and spirit are one; it can. not breathe, exist, or move disconnected from the body. Your parents gave birth to your body, and your body is the womb of your soul. The birth of your soul is a virgin birth, one you must do on your own. Continue reading

Observe a group of children and you will find many of them cannot sit still for long. They sing, make beats on their desks, tap, hum, bounce, sway. Music is not necessary, they happily make up their own songs. They seem to be always in some form of dance. Completely In tune with the natural Continue reading

As a child I worried about the end of the world. I saw the “signs” everywhere. I worried about natural disasters and civil unrest. I had apocalyptic dreams and was increasingly drawn to the dark and morbid. I was terrified that I would not be one of the “saved”. If only I could be good, Continue reading

God will judge each of us fairly but that does not mean we will all be judged in the same way. If you have witnessed a miracle or received a revelation; if you have been expanded or enlightened in any way you will be judged accordingly. With every new insight, with every new experience the Continue reading

There is a certain feeling of restlessness and anxiety that emerges in liminal times. Liminality being the process of transition between varying states, boundaries, times and borders. It is, put simply, an in between time. Not quite here or there. It is the transition between night and day, waking and sleeping, midday and midnight, it Continue reading

Grief technology promises a sort of death of death itself. The immortalizing of loved ones passed through artificial intelligence. Uploading a version of their consciousness into the ether. But with all things artificial intelligence produces it is at best a likeness, form without essence and always a poor substitute for the real thing. Aside from Continue reading

In my last post I explored the connection between technology and oppression. New technologies may offer us more ease, entertainment and convenience but they do so at a cost. We have long been told that technologies are neutral and are subject to the intentions of the user. This is a half truth. The real truth Continue reading

In the 1998 novel, Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler introduces us to crumbling society but futuristic society in the year 2024. Those with the means are becoming increasingly addicted to their “dream masks”, a virtual reality device that offers them adventure and escape as the world around them deteriorates. This is also a world Continue reading

In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, the matriarch, Baby Suggs tells her people in a sermon that the only grace they can have is the grace they can imagine. If they cannot see it, they will not have it. And yet the rest of her sermon focuses on the body. But what does the body have to Continue reading

Prickled by my own frustrations, dreams I ignored and questions I abandoned I asked God to transform me by what ever means He so wished. As a young girl I was inspired by the martyrs and saints and miracle workers.  I wanted to be amongst the chosen, the lovers and the beloved. But the desire Continue reading