Opening Thought: Before Jesus walked the earth, Christ walked with creation. Long before Roman coins bore the face of Caesar and long before European churches adorned their walls with pale-skinned messiahs, the essence of Christ already existed—not as a crown-wearing conqueror, but as the sacred rhythm between Creator and creation. What Jesus revealed was not new—it was a return. Christ is not a European. Christ is not a political mascot. Christ is not a king enthroned by conquest. Christ is a way of being, and that way is indigenous to the earth itself. Christ Was Before Jesus “In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” —John 1:1 This “Word”—the Logos—isn’t just information or doctrine. It is divine pattern. A life aligned with justice, humility, harmony, and truth. Indigenous cultures understood this long before the arrival of missionaries. The Christ pattern was known: In the reciprocity with the land In the respect fo...
How Five Forces Shape the Demoralization of Society** “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Human history is filled with compassion, ingenuity, and progress — yet running parallel to these triumphs is a darker thread: our capacity to harm one another. This post explores a symbolic framework built around five archetypal forces that represent the extremes of human inhumanity: Billionaires (as the avatar of systemic wealth-power) Thieves Rapists Pedophiles Murderers These categories are not accusations toward specific individuals , but metaphors for the kinds of harm that occur both individually and systemically . When placed in a pentagonal arrangement — each overlapping with the others — they reveal how different forms of exploitation reinforce one another and contribute to the demoralization of society. I. The Pentagonal Structure of Harm Imagine five overlapping circles ar...