I’ve been incredibly blessed to have had a circle of women a life stage ahead, who have selflessly poured into me: Mama Steph, Martha, Fran, and Mary Ann. I observed that they were all Boomers and Jesus Freaks (Boomers who, in one way or another, were saved and filled with the Holy Spirit during the 1960s-1970s). They boldly shared their stories leading up to their salvation and how that era impacted their lives/respective ministries
Read MoreAs a shutterbug, I am inspired by the artwork and talents of dozens of photographers. However, there is one who seems to stand out above the rest. Clark Little is a prominent photographer from Hale'iwa, a small coastal village on the North Shore of Oahu. His passion for capturing the magnificence of the ocean is evident in every frame and spoken in the visual beauty of the images he captures.
Read MoreI’ve often mused on what I see as thresholds of my life. Those turning points where an event, a word, a thought definitively changed me. I was never the same again. In light of that threshold theory, I carefully consider Adam’s assertion that there are three deaths: losing our naïveté, our innocence and ultimately our physical life. I’m Googling desperately looking for some Nietzsche, Kant, any German philosopher in which this idea can be attributed. No luck. So it's up to me, kinda.
Read MoreIn developing a blog, my first thought is that I should give you the rules of engagement. As in my class, we should first tackle the why, or as we say in the English/Creative Writing world- the "So what?" Why do this? Why go through the exercise of looking at our culture or a specific aspect of art through the lens of Christianity, history, philosophy, or the basic tenants of aesthetics? Why's it worth my time? Why bother to learn these elements of critical thought and dissect the things I'm coming into contact with? I'm glad you asked.
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