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“The Sign of Immanuel” 1. During the days (era; generation) of Ahaz (“a power grab to get and keep Israel’s authority”), in which men’s minds and hearts had degenerated (degraded; perverted; been corrupted, in a moral sense) from the days of Jotham (“Jehovah is Upright”), there came a man by the name of Uzziah (“One who is familiar with the strength of […]
Judgment and Hope 1. Thus saith the Lord. The-Heavens (persons with whom Jehovah and his spirit feel perfectly “comfortable” ) are my throne and the Earth (a temporary sphere where mankind has sufficient time and opportunity to turn his natural inclinations into permanent, unbreakable instinctive patterns of behavior) is the footstool *(total-domination; regal control; sovereign control) for my […]
Judgment and Salvation 1. I’m revealing myself to a generation of people who ‘ve never asked (inquired) about me…….a generation of Israel’s people which has found (discovered by chance; started the ball rolling of stumbled-upon) the ways (“roads”; pathways) to my authority, even though they haven’t formally sought (attempted to find) my authority. . . . . . . . . . […]