THIS IS (HOPEFULLY) WHY YOUR CHRISTIAN FRIEND HAS THEIR STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE

August 23, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Essay

First of all, let me start off by saying that I acknowledge how deeply personal and emotional the issue of gay marriage is...

LOUISE THE GREETER

May 08, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Musings

I won’t pretend I know Louise, I won’t even tell you that we’re casual acquaintances. I’ve only met her once, and that one encounter lasted for all of three seconds. But those three seconds left me feeling an indescribable sense of joy. Let me tell you the story...

CHANGE

May 01, 2017 by David Abdelmalak in Religion, Essay, Musings

To be alive and to be human is to experience change. We are born as infants and grow, reaching various milestones along the way. People enter and leave our lives as relationships start and end. Vocations and aspirations grow and diminish as our priorities shift...

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...