My name is Ike. I am a writer. I drink way too much herbal tea and believe in the power of kindness, love and a good book.
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All in Faith
It is good Friday. Barabbas is in prison and is waiting execution after committing several crimes within the Province of Judea. He is a member of the Sicarii brotherhood- a fanatical religious sect which strongly oppose the occupation of the Roman empire in Jerusalem. Waiting in his dungeon, he is visited by his ghosts. The following is a fictional account of what occurred.
Have you ever heard about prison literature? It is a literary genre characterized by literary work written while the author is confined in a location against his will, such as a prison, jail or house arrest.
Counting and crossing out tally does get old.
Check out a list of books written in prison at the end of this article. I was surprised by the first one...
Balaam and his donkey are the stars of one of the most alarming stories in the bible. God is patient. Oh my! Like, he is repeat-myself-to-you-a-million-times kinda patient. The kind of God, in my experience who will repeat himself to you until you act. 5 bucks says He had spoken to Balaam in many ways and sent many other people to tell him the very same message- his mum, his mother-in-law, his granny, his neighbor’s granny...
Imagine God promises you something, anything. Let's say... hair. He promises you hair because you are going bald and you’ve refused to eat for two days because of this. So he says, “Behold, my balding child!” In His earth-quaking voice, “I am going to give you hair, and fill up those bald spots! In fact, I’m going to give you a full head of hair; hair that’ll make Jon Snow weep!”
What do you think is going to happen?
