The WHYTE White

I am a big fan of a writer named Donald Miller, he is a contemnporary writer of "christain lit." Why do I like his books, well because teh first book of his I ever read was clled Blue Like Jazz, the prose was very hypnotizing, it pulls you in from the very begining, I once was so entranced by the pages of Miller , that while on the DC metro heading downtown, I missed my stop by two stops.

In any case I love Miller, and almost anything he touches. So after I digested Blue Like Jazz, I went to Amazon.com and bought another called Through Painted Deserts. In it Miller and a high school friend travel from Texas to Oregon in a VW Van ( you know the ones from the 60s and hippe drove em all the time). In one chapter he kinda of creates a duality, calling some in the world "why people" and others "how" people. How people he defined by the goals in thier life, and how they led thier life. These people could be mistaken or pegged as materialistic, but they wanted to know how to get from point A to B (wiether it be buying a house getting married, or getting a promotion) . On the other hand why people can be precieved as the more philosphical aesetic. Miller identigied himself as a why person. Why people, ate more apt to ask questions, and wonder well WHY ! guess. ANd I guess by default I am a why indivual simply becauas eI was reading this book (and most all Miller books except Searching For God Knows What). And I guess not only is thet that the mission of this page, but for me in this life and the next. and if you are a HOW person and reading this page I hope you can slow down, and ask why. Pull over into the shoulder from the rat race that life can be and just ask WHY. Questions and Comments are welcome. And if I offend anyone's religous sensibilities, it is not intentional. This forum isn't ment to provoke anger, but questions and dialogue.

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Okay this is my second attempt at a blog that I actually enjoy doing. The first time it was to be critical of things I saw going wrong in the church community, then I thought "well who am I to judge." So that was a SNAFU, and then the elections stared getting heated, and I started one called (PROMNITE)*, woth a really chivanistic undertone, and the fact that I bashed Hilary at every opprotunity didnt help. Then that is it. So this one will stic , whyCuase it's not a facade, it's me at the core. Not complete morticfication but as best i can communicate, my throughts, and spiritual insights.


As for teh title I chose White elephant for a few reasons. I'll list em:

1. One elephants are a very strong icon in most Eastern Religions; they play a crucial role in ceremonies , and festivals. And Gieniesh ( a hindu god) has teh head of an elephant.

2. Pink elephant is a popular ufenism for hallucinations- and most revelations of the phophets of biblical times would be mistaken for just that. And I think that as a global culture we have lost connection with God and with the realm of the mystical all together.

3. Elephants are just majestic animals to me, and I would like to meet and shake the hand (exucuse me trunk) of a real life elephant.

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But seriously folks , life is a blink. If you sleep too long you'll miss it. Inhale the beauty, stop to smell the roses, and I guarantee you'll have something positive to say when you finally meet God. And Mistakes are speed bumps to the finish line. Learn from them don't dwell on them. Otherwise you have to keep it moving.

And a friend in college once asked me "Bikim why doesn't God talk to us anymore" I had no real answer at the time but in hindsight I would have told him that he does. Cause he does we just have to shut up and listen to him. It's what makes us so different from the rest of creation. WE have a CHOICE. And as for money, it's just a fabrication. Fun yes but the greatest invention by man since the wheel. But don't be poor. But be rich in spirit the rest will fall in place. I think Merton said money and free will were related cause if we don't know what to do with money we are none the wiser. So if you waste life (free will) being selfish (self serving motivation)---> self destructive behavior.



So tell people that you love the truth, that you love them, and the people that you hate, well tell em that you love them too, but they should stop maybe pissing you off so much (or it could be you pissing them off Jesus talked about that the whole plank in the eye thing). Forgiveness is priceless, cause once you're dead and gone from this life there are no phone calls. So use your facities to communicate what's inside. MLK once quipped "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."--> Kinda scary huh. This actually bring to mind a clip i saw on GOD TUBE (Christian Response to YOU TUBE---> check it out ) a friends letter from hell to his Christian friend. It's basically a guilt trip from hell but anyway . I kinda get it now, in light of the MLK quote, but that is some deep philosophical debate a entirely diff blog on it's own, how people need to take responsibility for their own salvation and communication with the almighty.


I mean to me religion is kinda like a cell phone carrier, we all are speaking to the same source just different carriers. Sorry if I that offends anyone. But if God is LOVE, then WHERE is the LOVE.

I guess what I am trying to say is listen, and it'll be alot easier, practice free will. Don't practice free selfish will.


God Bless



Sincerely and Divinely Yours,



Bayette Bikim Brown