From above, an angel crashed on top of an old rundown shack mewed up in unkempt pasture and wild weeds. It lay to the side of a cornfield, among a couple of trees and near a dirt road. It was close to nightfall, and it seemed he fell in the middle of a rural farming … Continue reading From Where I Come, I Could Never Go Back
Young Boy’s Heart
Drawn out by the vastness of the night sky and crisp soothing fall wind. They had decided to lay down their sleeping bags outside of their tent. With his arms behind his head while contemplating the stars the boy asked his father, “Why do I feel this way?” It was a question not meant for … Continue reading Young Boy’s Heart
Beauty
There is this saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” which many believe to be true. You probably have heard it already and without giving it much thought made use of it yourself. If you thoughtfully reflect on it, at its core, the expression underscores that what a person finds attractive or … Continue reading Beauty
José Rafael Romero
Through the eyes of one of his grandsons, your great grandfather Jose Romero (1920-2016) was special in a way that is hard to describe to those who did not have the opportunity to dwell among his life and listen to his stories. You see, his life was not just experienced but also heard, handed down … Continue reading José Rafael Romero
Truest Nature
Many great things have been accomplished by your generation and it will probably exceed ours in terms of economic well-being, education, and sustainability. But you are also going to find yourself immersed in a society in which the artifacts of its creativity lack moral depth. If you pay attention you will also come to realize just how far relativism (the thesis that all points of view are equally valid and no absolute truth) has permeated everything in our society and blinding us of our nature and threatening the very existence of our humanity.
What does it mean to believe in the existence of God?
It’s an unusual question to ask oneself, especially when people tend to not ask themselves deep questions about things they take for granted. I can rationally assume the existence of God is true, without questioning what it means to believe in such a truth. But if we were to make an intellectual effort - unbiased … Continue reading What does it mean to believe in the existence of God?
Gender Ideology
Society has imposed in the name of human rights vital moral precepts to the ideology of a minority advocating in favor of the transgender identity agenda. Before I dwell into my argument, let me make it clear that is not about not recognizing the existence of transsexual behavior. Is not about not recognizing those suffering … Continue reading Gender Ideology
Wagon
Horror isolates events by making them incomparable, incomparably unique, uniquely unique (Ricoeur), but we can extract from them certain analogical experiences on to other cruel situations, where people also find themselves caged in a wagon, barely surviving the excruciating reality that surrounds them.
Mantle of Tolerance
Man has decided to abolish himself as Muggeridge would affirm and disconsolately the motivation that characterized "the search for the truth" of our ancestors has been replaced by the mantle of tolerance-the protective shield of personal subjectivism.
The Listeners
by Walter de la Mare ‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor: And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the Traveller’s head: And he smote upon the door again a second time; ‘Is … Continue reading The Listeners