by Darryl Blackwell © L.O.C. 3/22/2025; written and presented at Mahanoy SCI DO WE LIVE IN A WAR ZONE? Music Trak: ‘Flight of the Newborn’ – Artist: Return to Forever (Chick Corea); Album: No Mystery (notes: L.E.O. – Law Enforcement Officer; stik – rifle or long gun; Cite Soleil is an impoverished district in Port-au-Prince,…
My notes on politics, law and language: If the message is jumbled no one cares about the economic plan. But to have an unjumbled message is not so easy. To state and receive any message depends on a shared vocabulary, shared cultural values, shared political understandings, differences which are recognized because the underlying foundations of…
Visionary Christian Idealism Kant’s Three Questions Near the end of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Kant has a section titled: The Canon of Pure Reason; Of the Ideal of the Highest Good, as a Determining Ground of the Ultimate End of Pure Reason. (B833/A805). All the interests of Kant, with respect to his idea…
I stand with Riley Gaines. Normally this website is a vehicle for me to present topics I think are something more than the politics of the day. I avoid snarky exchanges, commentary that will be old by next week. I present my Christian poetry, themed by the Book of Revelation. I present poetry from a…
Darryl K. Blackwell’s Global Crisis music: Wes Montgomery – Bumpin’ on Sunset [This was performed by Darryl Blackwell recently as part of an inmate-generated, recorded program for other inmates at Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy State Correctional Institute, near Frackville, PA. At Darryl’s request, I also post this link: http://www.connectnetwork.com 1. It’s a global crisis/Invisible enemy/Grips east to…
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour: Hammy – The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him. Didn’t Habakkuk say that? Inwardly a Jew, circumcised in spirit. Silence is worship – to quietly carry Isaac’s wood. In reverence for…
Index: O Mary, Bounce on Your Donkey (poem);Daniel’s Prayer;Repentance;Visions from God:Spiritual Growth and Psalm 119;Verses and Prayers for HealingPraise and Prophecy: Mary and ZechariahComfort Amid UncertaintyVerses and Prayers from 1 JohnFive Steps for Spiritual Growth – Psalms 20-24Isaiah Prays for the Nation (Parts I and II)The Raising of Lazarus _________________________ First, a poem, by way of…
Some Additional Thoughts About State Senator Sharif Street’sProposed Medical Parole Program for Pennsylvania Inmates____________________________________ Issues to Consider with respect to extending medical parole in Pennsylvania: How old is the individual? How much of the sentence has the incarcerated individual served? What proportion of that is his or her sentence? Is the individual lucid, rational, self-aware,…
I arrive at the coffee house early and enter to secure my dose of caffeine. The manager, Jen, is working alone behind the counter. “Hi – supermax coffee, room for cream.” She nods at this familiar order. “And is it okay if I assemble a few chairs? I want to read some poetry.” “Are you…
Chuang Tzu comes to visit on the terrace of the Coffee House of Grace, my imaginary, spiritual rest-stop near Jerusalem-from-above. We read over his book of brief anecdotal stories, called the Inner Chapters. They are related to disclosing the Tao, an interior, spontaneous type of spiritual or philosophic practice which may be translated as the…