by K. Mekhi Jackson | Sep 16, 2025 | Opinion
To confess Jesus Christ as Lord in the ancient world was not a private act of devotion, nor a sentimental piety reserved for the afterlife. It was a political declaration with revolutionary implications. The Roman Empire hailed Caesar as dominus et salvator—“lord and...
by K. Mekhi Jackson | Sep 8, 2025 | Opinion
Long before the forced journey across the Atlantic, African societies held deeply spiritual understandings of death and burial. Among the Akan of West Africa, the concept of abusua pa—“good family”—meant funerals were communal rituals affirming one’s place in the...