The Illusion of (Temporal) Certainty

Greetings! For some as yet unexplained reason, I awoke this morning feeling rather low in spirit; my devotional time was…let’s just say perfunctory. Even now, I remember little of what I read or heard, except a passing allusion to transformation as part of the Spirit’s ongoing work in us. What I do recall, however, is…

THE PAUSE THAT WILL (BY GRACE) REFRESH

Greetings! I trust that you are holding on, in and by faith, to the One in whose hands are our times cf. Psalm 31:14–15. Much has happened since our last conversation, and it is difficult to know where to begin; but as Julie Andrews sings in the memorable “The Sound Of Music,” the beginning is…

‘NININ’S’ WISDOM

Sometime, following the passing of my father, I cannot now recall how long it was between his going and her coming, my maternal grandmother, [who resided in the city of Kingston] came to live with our family, in the rural town of Morant Bay. Ninin, as she was affectionately called, had lost sight in her…

HATS OFF TO THE MEN IN MY LIFE

Greetings! It’s been a minute; but you know how it is; the heart is always willing but more often than not the weakened flesh cries “Cree” and I am back to, or sometimes behind, first base. But here I am today, sitting at my computer, feeling more than a little nudge, to share a few…