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 More“Israel’s Sin And The Servant’s Obedience” 1. Thus saith the Lord…….. “Where is your mother’s “GET” (certificate of divorce), which authorizes “Cutting Her Off” or better yet, to whom do I (Jehovah) owed so much money, that I’ve sold all of you into slavery because of your sins. ********************* Rather…..this generation of Israel’s people has sold themselves, and because […]
14. But, Jehovah says (declares) that Salt Lake’s Priesthood Authorities have forsaken (abandoned; repudiated; disavowed; given-up) the continuation (perpetuation; prolongation; preservation) of “Zion” (“The City of Jehovah’s beloved Ones”; “Israelites who have spent 40+ years of their lives in a personal wilderness, searching for God’s “Holy-Spirit”; “the city of Jehovah’s beloved ones”). . . . . . […]
The Servant Of The Lord 1. Listen to me……ye Islands (people who are comfortably isolated or otherwise detached from the troubles of the world) and surrounded-by (heavily-involved; intimately-associated-with) sorcery (Black Magic; enchantments; magic-spells). ************************ Behold (observe something remarkable), Good people in the world are beginning to “Prick-Up Their Ears to ” (recognize; admit. acknowledge notice) the deceitfulness […]