Alton Eugene of Maverick City Music and Amanda Lindsey Cook sing side-by-side in the formation of the cross of Christ in a silent language of worship at the Saban Theater.

Judah Smith delivers a powerful message about how “the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world” at the Saban Theater on Wednesday night, June 30th. “Make yourselves at home there and work for the country’s welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7

Since he was a little kid, Reuben Carles has been involved with combat sports his entire life. He saw his brother often playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter from a distance. The two-toned red and orange Street Fighter script has ripped edges at the ends of the fat letters as if to warn users a fight to the death is about to go down. Chimes sound off as buttons are pushed for the selection of the amount of players, the country you’re representing and the player you’re going to maneuver for the war of character vs. character. Round 1 appears […]

Exit the sprawl of Los Angeles. Higher elevations grander than downtown in the distance setup evaluations. Enter the dry pile peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains. God is my strong man among the dense and burning thickets of chaparral. Which demonstration are you following? Wheels go around here lap by lap. Behind. In front. You’re there and then you’re not. Round the curves and bends the pendulum swings either to the right or left inside of the mile marked track: inside the care of double yellow and shoulder white. The pendulum is a chestnut brown Kukui necklace, and a black […]

Fighters are some of the greatest people alive. Fighting has been looked down upon because of it’s violent nature. Eyebrow gashes, bloody noses, bumps, bruises and powerful knockouts activated from the pivot foot contribute to the case against boxing. However, the preponderance of evidence weighing in for boxing’s good is discipline, knowledge and a gold heart in pursuit of champion rounds with lean mean muscle. Detroit, for instance, you have children who grow up with no parents or even one mother. Fighting takes the impressionable youth off the streets. Boxing has saved a ton of lives. There are well respected […]

Smoldering charcoal breathes out incessant billows of smoke from the thurbile. The vessel heaves a representation of the all-consuming fire; holy above the horizon. The incense of praise doesn’t quickly dissipate like vaps because behind the movements is considerable weight. For a lifetime it lingers and then joins a great multitude of singers. Facing east, multi-directional movements swing sunwise. Facing west, the geometric patterns from the chains sing the power of the cross. The fixation is upon the King, and not the nicotine. Gravitational design grants the Coptic priest authority over the sundry sheep found among the microbus, metro, tuk-tuk […]

Beams of light intensify during the night. Their directional flow makes the mundane kaleidoscope like a Cairo carnival glow. The metal rims of the bicycle wheels hoist colors of light as an upright Ferris wheel. The amusement keeps rotating high up and low down. A sight to behold. Look both ways before you cross the street especially when your bicycle is loaded down with metallic cooking oil cans. Reflective. Secured to the back of the bicycle while being transported. Depth charges are going off as the enemy taunts every hour. Ready to devour. Yet, “deep calls to deep at the […]

Two sliced pieces of olive Bread from Bread Bar on El Segundo Boulevard. One reddish-green jalapeño from a three pound bag purchased from the 99 cent store on Grand Avenue. Pieces of organic garlic. Olive oil from TJs. Two formed hash browns from Trader Joes. Pegrino-Romano Parmeson cheese. Four Ethiopian scoops of Chemex ground coffee. Boiled Berkey water in a BonaVita electric boiler I bought in Orange County for twenty-five dollars off Craigslist just as the pandemic began. Filtered Alana’s Ethiopian coffee with a brown Chemex filter. Drank from a hand-crafted two dolphins affixed to a violently abstract ocean surf […]