NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD

April 20, 2025 by David Abdelmalak in Musings, Religion, Essay

Capillaries burst as you sweat. Blood and perspiration trickled down your brow. You cried out in desperation, with shallow breaths, grappling with your ultimate purpose…

RESURRECTION

April 04, 2021 by David Abdelmalak in Essay, Religion, Musings

The most outrageous claim in the Bible is that Jesus was resurrected on the third day…

EASTER

April 17, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Musings

As each religious holiday (Christmas and Easter primarily) rolls around yearly, we can sometimes find ourselves numbed by the secularised version of the celebration. This secularised version is the version of the holiday designed to make it palateable and marketable to the masses...

SIMON OF CYRENE

April 14, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Short Story, Religion

The heat was murder. Simon was from Cyrene, at the northern tip of Africa, so he was well acquainted with incredibly hot days and nights, but today was something else. The sun’s rays were scorching - he felt as though he were being cooked...