Unlike “Navin R. Johnson”, Steve Martin’s moronic characterization in the 1979 comedy film “The Jerk” , I was not born a “poor black child”. I arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on the 18th of October in 1946 - the firstborn of European immigrant offspring. My father’s parents were Irish and my mother’s parents were Sicilian. Although I was born in New England and could characterize myself as “a Yankee”, the Lion’s share of my cultural identity rests in background of the people who had a hand in raising me. What I know about the warmth and affection among extended family members, I learned from my mother’s Sicilian people. My incisive wit is… brought to you by the makers of …my father’s Irish people.
Read More1. Shout (call-out; bid; make a proclamation; invite; preach) with a full-throat, and don’t withhold anything. Do it really loud, too, like a trumpet! Raise (lift-up) your voice. Declare-to (warn) My (Jehovah’s) people about the rebellion (“coup de etat”; insubordination; disobedience; defiance; apostasy; revolution; insurgency) that has been underway and about the sinners (criminals; lawbreakers; villains; culprits; malefactors) who […]
12. My “Strength and Power as Israel’s God” (“Holy Spirit”) is revealing (publishing; telling everyone about; broadcasting; announcing; reporting; declaring making public; making plain) your right (moral or legal entitlement) to authority and reminds everyone of Israel’s historic (landmark; epoch-making; ground-breaking; celebrated) works (doings; deeds). . . . . . . . 13. When you (Salt Lake leaders; Melchizedek […]
1. Behold (see or observe something remarkable), those who are (anyone who is) righteous (morally right or justifiable; virtuous), in this world, are wandering-away (lost; perishing; losing themselves) and there isn’t a soul who is pondering (thinking carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion about) the subject of “shem” (authority; character; honor), by using his/her heart (seat of […]