Many don’t understand my difficulty with the church. My struggle with the church is often perceived as hatred for the it. Many wonder why, if I experience such a profound discontent, why I stay. My critique of the church is deemed as a disdain and a dismissal of it altogether. I had lunch with a photographer friend of mine yesterday who asked me questions along the same line, trying to understand where I was coming from. Here’s an analogy I... Read more

I was watching a documentary show on Much Less Music the other night which dealt with the several musicians who’ve become successful designers such as Gwen Stephani, J-Lo, and P Diddy Combs, etc. The commentator said about P Diddy: “He’s so successful because he knows what people want!” I’d like to finish that thought: “He’s so successful because he knows what people want because he told them what to want!” Who’s the designer here? It wasn’t me! He’s the designer.... Read more

The very definition of desire means that it never be satisfied. Which means that the object of our desire is prohibited. Which means that desire is law, or law is desire. If we are freed from the law, then are we right to submit ourselves to another law, that is the law of desire? Some are quick to preach that if we obey the law in order to receive salvation, it will be perpetually frustrated. We will never be able... Read more