A Silent Killer: The Raz-B Sensationalism of Sexual Molestation and Abuse

  [Editor’s note: I’m not a trained therapist nor a psychologist.  What I have written is strictly my opinion and my armchair diagnosis.  Please do not interpret this as sound medical advice. JLL] On Sunday our church did the cardboard testimonies that have become somewhat popular in the emergent church.  This is where persons write […]

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When Fantasy World Hits Home: A Social Gospel of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (and another novel I read as well)

I went to go see “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1” today at the local IMAX theatre.  I figured that if I was going to spend $11 on a regular ticket at a downtown theatre that’s closest to me, I might as well go to see it in IMAX.  So, I saw the […]

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Jesse and Al or Al and Jesse

This should be easy. If you’ve read my blog regularly, you know how I feel: for the most part I’m pro Jesse and Al. Perhaps Jesse does have a bit of a more “tainted” past if you want to call it that.  But, I still personally believe that Jesse has always publicly said what was […]

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Happy Christmas

Hopefully you’re Christmas is going better than mine. My laptop is in the shop and you know that’s my first love, I’m broke, Chicago is in the middle of an ice storm and soon to be snowstorm and who knows what the family is going to be on tomorrow when and if they show up.  […]

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The Best Is Yet To Come?

Some say the best is yet to come while some say the best is right now living the present.  Whatever the case may be, I’m a bit swamped right now and it’s not midterms yet. Most already know how anxious I’ve been going into this year and most of the anxieties haven’t subsided a whole […]

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Headed Back South

I didn’t hype this move up quite as much as I did last summer’s move to Washington, D.C., well, the greatness of Montgomery Country (MoCo), Maryland, but for the balance of the summer I’m headed to Jacksonville, Florida. Yes, DUVAL County. Home to this: Lil’ Duval. Right. Aside from who else, Reggie Bush and Laveranues […]

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