Posts by parkejladd
Album of the Year {2010}: The Medicine by John Mark McMillan
John Mark McMillan’s, The Medicine, is pure poetry; an album that transcends time and welcomes overuse. It escapes passing by appealing to greater depths and higher motivations; a blending of crisp musicality and Dylan-like demeanor. The Medicine feels and reads like a personal journey in song format; each verse a look into the life of the man, his joys and trials encountered along the...
Read MoreGod’s Path In The Midst Of Chaos
Ups and downs; I used to see life as a path composed of ups and downs. I would seriously persevere through the lows and viciously work for the highs. I thought I was living the life; always attempting to climb higher while simultaneously avoiding those pesky, dark valleys. But after a time I realized something: I wasn’t actually going anywhere. I was pursuing my goals & aspirations...
Read MoreSuburban Slavery + William Wilberforce
I wrote the following short story, Suburban Slavery, in response to the inconceivable evil that was the African slave trade and the incredible heroics of abolitionist, William Wilberforce. As depicted in Eric Metaxas’ book, Amazing Grace, Wilberforce, (1759-1833) an esteemed member of the English parliament, despised the trading of slaves in an era when slavery and economic stimulation went...
Read MoreTo Mozambique With Love
What’s hard to believe is that there are more than 1 billion people living without clean water. In Mozambique, only 29% of the population has access to clean drinking water. In this beautiful country of more than 22 million people, roughly 14 million go without clean water every day. The infant mortality rate for Mozambican newborns is greater than 10%. Babies + disease infested water +...
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