Thoughts on Commercial Hip Hop & The New Roots Album

Thoughts on Commercial Hip Hop & The New Roots Album

Ever since Slick Rick told us his children’s story, and even more so when Tupac dropped his Grammy-nominated, All Eyes on Me album, with tales of the “Thug Lifestyle”, and California Love, I’ve been smitten by the Hip hop genre. And for someone who grew up in a relatively middle class upbringing, with stints in [...]

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Why I Half Believe In God

Why I Half Believe In God

It’s one thing to gaze sanctimoniously over a church hymnal and speak about the reality of God, but its entirely another thing to look at pictures of flat bed trucks piled high with the mud caked, silent, naked bodies of children, and ask the question.

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Conspiracy to Kill Your Brain

Conspiracy to Kill Your Brain

What do we really know? Do we understand how money really works?  Do we really understand how our government is run?  Do we really know what’s in the food we are eating?  Do we even fully understand all the religious rituals we follow and where they came from?
My brother and I were having a [...]

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Escaping The In-Between Life(If Possible)

Escaping The In-Between Life(If Possible)

I’ve been thinking a lot about Faith lately. The proposition that suggest there is a dimension outside of our physical world, where a real Creator, or divine entity interacts with humanity.
I’ve also been thinking about the things that get in the way of fully and firmly settling if this dimension exist. Saying you believe in [...]

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Marrying Style & Substance

Marrying Style & Substance

I guess everyone can relate to going through phases in life. Some periods you reflect upon seem so distant and unlike anything you would ever consider doing now.
The journey of life.
In highschool, style was high on my list of priorities, or at least what I then defined style to be.  Now, the thought of [...]

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Are You A Control Freak?

Are You A Control Freak?

I used to get so excited I could practically see it before it even happened. I’d walk through the front door into the living room, look around at the windows, the door frame, quickly inspect the perimeter of the home before beginning…

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Praying Beneath A Noisy Ceiling Fan

Praying Beneath A Noisy Ceiling Fan

I prayed for healing, more love, and clearer guidance today.

A part of me wondered if it was worth it. If anyone really heard me. If somehow the clinking ceiling fan above my head was a bit too noisy. But a part of me desperately needed to experience contact. I needed, and wanted to know…

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Red Lights Mean Grow

Red Lights Mean Grow

Red lights have gotten a bad rap. So has getting locked out of your house, or car.  Or getting a flat at 1:20am in the morning, when you happened to loan you brother your jack the week before, and..well..having to walk 6 miles to your house, in a light drizzle…with dress shoes…
Highway drivers can be [...]

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TGIF But What Are We Working For?

TGIF But What Are We Working For?

Work used to make me angry. It was a silent sort of brewing. One that caused me to revert into my shell, silently confused as to my condition. The Monday morning blues never seemed to leave me. Even TGIF’s were always met with a silent and dreaded realization that this weekend [...]

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