Every world has a season. A rhythm. A rise and fall. The soil breathes. The rain comes. The roots take hold and from that rhythm, life begins. That’s the balance. That’s the truth. Between light and dark. Between warmth and … Read More
When the Collar Falls
Reverend Ezekiel Graves sits cross-legged in the corner of the cage, fingers tracing the ridges of the collar that rests in his lap. A hush lingers. Then he speaks…. “When I was a boy, I used to sit beside my … Read More
THE WIDE GATE
“Thus saith the Lord….Matthew seven, verses thirteen and fourteen: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait … Read More
The Shattered Cistern
Thus saith the Lord through Jeremiah: “For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” Gemini… you are that cistern. Not … Read More
Judas at My Side, Babel Before Me
Even Christ had Judas. Even Christ felt the sting of a kiss that burned like a blade. And still the cross was carried. And still the crown was won. So I too walk with betrayal at my side. Nero. Lucien. … Read More
The Millstone Judgement
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew … Read More
The One Who Was Forgotten
They crowned me in silence. And buried me in noise. The day I fell, the people rejoiced. “The fire is out,” they said. “The Harbinger is gone.” Even my own right hand turned from Lucien, my Disciple…to Nero, the traitor. … Read More
The Furnace of Affliction
Isaiah 48:10 Thus saith the Lord Isaiah forty eight, ten Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. So many speak of victory as if it waits at the end … Read More
The Millstone Gospel
Matthew 18:6 “Thus saith the Lord…Matthew eighteen, six: “If any cause one of Mine to stumble… let them be drowned in the sea with a millstone around their neck.” The hour is not sport. The ring is not a stage. … Read More