The Original Star Child

In the Sci-Fi movie 2001, we see a breathtaking and haunting image of a human embryo hanging in outer space. It was known as the Star Child. That was fiction. The original Star Child was and still is Jesus Christ. Over 2000 years ago his birth was heralded by a star which led three wise men from the Orient to his lowly abode in a stable. Once there they lavished him with gifts fit for a... Read more

Peace on Earth

The coming of the Christ child 2000 years ago was marked by the angels singing Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward men. After they vanished the atmosphere was charged wuth peace. The shepherds who heard them went into Bethlehem in search of this child. They found him in a manger tended to by his mother and Joseph.The divine child was born into the most humble curcumstance. As humble as the... Read more

MLK/PEACE-MAKER

From a young child I have always been a lover of peace. Yet even at a tender age I learned that it attracted the opposite power. So I was not surprised that the loving message of peace, reconciliation and universal rights preached by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resulted in violence toward toward he and his followers. His was a spiritual message that radiated from the Divine and travelled from... Read more

HE HAS THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

When I was a child in Vacation Bible School we use to sing,"He's got the whole world in His hands. He's got you and me brother in His hands. He's got you and me sister in His hands." The "He" in the song referred to God. It was a very comforting song...a very comforting thought. Today we may think of political unrest and disease being in control of our world. As a result of this we are stressed... Read more

Schwanda dies at 17

There are so many people in debate over whether to take a Covid 19 shot or wear a mask. Perhaps the threat doesn't seem real to them. I know a family who knows through their personal tragedy how real it is. The family of Sherell Corprew had no plans to take the Covid 19 vaccination but all of that changed when Ms Corprew lost her youngest of seven daughters to the virus. Schwanda Corprew was seventeen,... Read more

Milton joins the ancestors

On May 30th I lost one of my students, Milton A. Reid, aka Kemet to the ancestors. He loved our culture and referred to me, his teacher, as one who s"stood in the gap for us." This was his assertion, not mine. When he came to me he told me he suffered from health issues. Nonetheless, his mind and resolve were strong. He gave himself wholly to Zen Mushin Ryu training and meditation without showing... Read more

BABY JESUS: The Word Made Flesh

Artwork by Sabine Kleftogiannis For those of us not blinded by the commercial bent of Christmas, "Jesus is the reason for the season." The birth of the Baby Jesus was the singlemost significant event of all time. To understand that you have to read The Book. By The Book, I mean The Bible...The Word of God. The Baby Jesus was far more than another child born in this world. To get a hint we read... Read more

Jesus Christ: The overcomer

He overcame death. We are going through a difficult time in the world today. We are reminded of the commonality of people by the way we are being affected and infected by the same disease. From China to Italy to the United States the coronavirus has been killing hundreds of people. It has brought countries to a standstill as they attempt to stop the spread of the pandemic. Scientists are working... Read more

THE CHRIST CHILD: Gift to the world

Baby Jesus and angels by Sabine Kleftogiannis.Mature people think of Christmas as a time of giving while children contemplate it as a time of receiving. In the Bible, John 3:16 says in part, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son.." So out of love, He gave what was most precious to Him. Mankind, His children, was on the receiving end of this gift. The infant Christ-child was... Read more

COMPASSION OVER BULLETS

Compassion is a healing power. Since I live in Virginia Beach the mass shooting of the twelve municipal workers in Virginia Beach by a co-worker brought the phenomenon closer to home than it has ever been before. It is one thing when an unknown assailant kills absolute strangers and another when a person who works with the victims, maybe knowing them by name pulls the trigger. We wonder what could... Read more

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