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Iron Egress: Beyond the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  Photo by I.am_nah on Unsplash March 29th, 2022 Afro-Latina; in this dream, I only remember that I had been discussing this kind of ethnic heritage with someone, but I’m not sure of the context. During the conversation, I even remember seeing the visage of an Afro-Latina woman with honey-colored skin and a big curly afro. The dream changed tones quite dramatically from here when a disembodied voice said, “research the white slaves of Egypt, Asia, and other countries.” In the waking world, I decided to research the white slave trade in Egypt and found it fascinating indeed.  The articles I've read speak of the Circassian slaves of Egypt from Georgia and the Barbary slave trade that involved peoples from Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, Iceland, Southwest Britain, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Both of these were said by some to have lasted hundreds of years. As I continued my search, I only found more information on human trafficking that I didn't know I didn't know. Among...

Wandering God

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Dream (March 28th, 2022) Location : Unknown In this dream, I spoke with a woman about things regarding the church's operation. "Church Is where we learn to deal with our pet peeves, a young man states boldly, and his mom agrees. This perspective almost made the idea of church that we practice currently necessary for living a holy life and dealing with behaviors we are biased towards and justify in our hearts. I disagreed and claimed that you could do this without the church. Walking with Christ permits you a friend who willingly critiques your behaviors inside and outside of sermons preached on Sunday. If this was true, what then would be the purpose of the church? I would propose that the purpose of the church is not solely educational. In the beginning, education is essential; towards the end, we should understand how to glorify God in our daily lives. The middle is that difficult to categorize period of Christian life referred to as disci...