Jesus, Empire and the Problem With Reclaiming What Was Never Ours Alone

There are essays you read and immediately know you disagree with. Then there are essays that make you uncomfortable precisely because you agree with enough of them to have to think harder about the parts you don’t. “The Paradox of Deification of Jesus Christ,” written by Lovemore Chishamba  is the second kind. I have to say that I love the essay’s anger. That may sound … Continue reading Jesus, Empire and the Problem With Reclaiming What Was Never Ours Alone

Fvck Global Warming~ I live in Marondera.

I live in Marondera, and I have to say to those people who don’t believe we have global warming– Come up here. People who live up here will tell you that the summers used to be wonderful. Nothing above 30 degrees, and always a cool breeze. Nights that are perfect for sleeping. A few summers ago we started getting weather that was warmer than usual, … Continue reading Fvck Global Warming~ I live in Marondera.

A Plague on all your houses

Yet I have a trick Of the old rage. Bear with me, I am sick; I’ll leave it by degrees. Soft, let us see: Write ‘Lord have mercy on us’ on those three. They are infected; in their hearts it lies; They have the plague, and caught it of your eyes. These lords are visited; […] A Plague on all your houses Continue reading A Plague on all your houses