The whores all seem to love Him And the drunks propose a toast And they say, “Surely God is with us. Well, surely God is with us.” They say, “Surely God is with us today!” – Rich Mullins I have to wonder what his initial reaction was early that resurrection […]
Over a year ago, I left my finance job to move to Texas. I needed adventure. I needed a break. I needed some change. The day after my last day, Lehman Brothers collapsed and took the industry with it. I haven’t had a job since. After running out of money, I […]
I remember what it was like to dance before having self-awareness. You could get lost in the music and let it move you however you desired. You didn’t have to worry about what you looked like or how you came across or what others might think of your moves. You […]
I had to wonder what that guy in church today was thinking. He looked to be in his mid-30’s. His longish hair was feathered and spiked at the top. He was wearing dark jeans and sneakers. No belt. His multi-colored striped shirt didn’t match itself, nevermind anything else. A sports […]
There are some good things about bad things – this is often the case. I recall speaking with a friend of mine who went to graduate school in Dallas. She hated it there. Still, as I spoke with her more, she had to admit that a certain fondness for the […]
By the time you get this issue of Release and read (if you do read) this little essay of mine, I will have celebrated my fortieth birthday. In my mid- to late-twenties, I had some romantic, highly exaggerated notions about an early death – taking off at thirty-three – joining […]
Remember that Subway commercial where Reggie Bush tells the kid to stay hungry and eat the sandwich? Well, I ate the sandwich and I am no longer hungry. I am that dog that has lived through one too many thunderstorms and has decided to lie down save for trips to […]
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C.S. […]
I’ve decided to change it up a bit this Monday and include the below video along with this series of posts about an affair. “Return to me,” declares the LORD Almighty, “and I will return to you.” – Zechariah 1:3 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken […]
But I’m here to say to you this morning that some things are right and some things are wrong. Eternally so, absolutely so. It’s wrong to hate. It always has been wrong and it always will be wrong. It’s wrong in America, it’s wrong in Germany, it’s wrong in Russia, it’s wrong in China. It was wrong in 2000 B.C., and it’s wrong in 1954 A.D. It always has been wrong, (That’s right!) and it always will be wrong. (That’s right!) It’s wrong to throw our lives away in riotous living. No matter if everybody in Detroit is doing it, it’s wrong. It always will be wrong, and it always has been wrong. It’s wrong in every age, and it’s wrong in every nation. Some things are right, and some things are wrong, no matter if everybody is doing the contrary. Some things in this universe are absolute. The God of the universe has made it so. And so long as we adopt this relative attitude toward right and wrong, we’re revolting against the very laws of God himself.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
