created to serve

There's a Bob Dylan song that speaks to the inevitable need to serve someone, some-thing. One of the stanzas reads like this:

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk,
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk,
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread,
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Who are we serving? Who are we slaves to? What are we slaves to? Do we even know....do you even know?

After the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah gathers the people of Jerusalem and calls to memory their history as a nation through freedom and captivity. To that extent, their history ended with their present condition:

"But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you [God] gave our forefathers so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. Because of our great sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress"

Having rebuilt the walls of the city, the people had a moment to reflect on their position and realize that the very land which God had given them and intended for their joy and His glory was now subject to other kings which had stepped in when Israel rejected their true king, The Lord. Nature abhors a vacuum. A people/a person will be subject to someone or something. The fruit of our harvest will be given to something. Where? Who? A man, a thing, or its creator?

"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." [joshua 24:15]

you're gonna have to serve somebody...

this day

Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." [Nehemiah 8:10]

Waking Up the Dead....men of the 'Church'

Men of the Church of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. Where are you? Think what you want about this article [link below], but THINK about it. The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is His name! Stand up! Follow Jesus, not religion. A revolution is necessary....

http://www.pastors.com/article.asp?ArtID=4394

and while your at it, there's something going down in charlottesville, Jesus style. check the link out for necessaryrevolution in the links coulmn.

work in progress

I've been working on a traveling exhibition for the last two months. topic_historic african american sites from the segregation era. my site_the Whitelaw Hotel on 13th and T St. in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington D.C. There are 9 others being built basesd on sites in 9 other cities. Each of these traveling boxes, self-contained exhibits, will come together to travel from New York to New Orleans along the Amtrack Southern Crescent Line. The hope is to tie together each of these sites in a way which will show them to be historically dependent on eachother--a thread of historic fabric on a totally different scale. drop a comment if you've got questions. i'd love to answer.

clarity

Ears that hear and eyes that see--
the Lord has made them both.
[Proverbs 20.12]

hands at work

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
—Ecclesiastes 3:22

openingday

never thought i'd have one of these, but here I am.......the blog begins