Lately, I’ve been returning to my Faith of old. I admit, it’s because I’m a “Foul-Weather Christian.” A lot of people are “Fair-Weather Christians,” where they’re happy and successful, so they’re close to God, and when things go wrong, they turn against Him, blaming Him for their problems. I’m the opposite. Whenever I hit a …
Darron’s Girlfriend began to hate me shortly after she met me. She practically moved in with Darron while we were living together, and when our lease was up in 199X, Darron came up to me rather timidly and mentioned the Lease. I knew instantly what he wanted. I said, “So, you want to stop being …
I’ve been reading Proverbs recently, and I have to admit the many verses about the Sloth or Sluggard cut me to the bone. I am not an industrious person, not by any means. I view every form of effort as worthless, because it will probably get you little in this life, be taken away from …
In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, there are two major characters which are dissatisfied with society. The first is Heimholtz Watson, a popular and successful Alpha Male Type. By all accounts he is at the top of society, but he finds it restrictive and objectionable from an Ethical standpoint. Thus his rebellious stance …
When I was a child, I had unwavering faith in the God of the Christian Bible. It anchored me. It gave me purpose. It made me feel as though I was of infinite value… to someone. I was less aware of the problems of the world, it’s true… but what problems I did encounter were …
This time I am writing about Roma. A man went to the Vietnam war and stopped off in the Phillippines. There he met a Filipino woman and married her, bringing her home to the United States. They had two children, Roma and Lynnette. I first met Roma coming into the office of Erin’s startup one …