SEEING AND PERCEIVING

April 23, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Essay, Musings

How do you perceive God? How do you view Him? The answer to that question has no impact or bearing on who God is - He tells us “I AM who I AM”; rather, the answer you give reveals a truth about you...

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...

GOD AND LANGUAGE

April 06, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Essay, Musings

There are some moments in life that reveal a divine spark. Moments that we look back on where something happened that exceeded our wildest dreams and expectations. Moments that feel greater than us, moments that can go on to define us. Some attribute these moments to coincidence or luck...