THE TRUTH

April 12, 2020 by David Abdelmalak in Essay, Musing, Religion

“What is truth?” Pilate asked…

WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE?

August 12, 2019 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Article

The Bible is a partnership between dust and Divine breath. It is an inspired word and revelation, from the heart and mind of God, to a messy, dirty, and weak humanity...

DEATH AS A CHRISTIAN

January 01, 2018 by David Abdelmalak in Essay, Musings, Religion

Death is a pestilence and an aberration. We attempt to avoid and cheat death, because we fear it. It feels wrong somehow, even though it is inevitable...

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...

THE BEGINNING

March 25, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Musings

In a way, this is the hardest entry to write.

Beginnings are tough. You start with a blank page and you have aspirations for what that page could become, but you don't know where to begin. I might have to plagiarise just to get myself started...