Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

August, 2023

On “That Mate”

So, what to do with that “mate”? Well, either get married or don’t. But no sense in draggin’ on a thing If to no truth you are gettin’ that ring. What is the intention? Is there integrity found in him?Got a goal to serve the KingAnd walk in that integrity?Ain’t no small thing to do […]

A Meditation on Pacifism

Robert Lawrence Smith in his “A Quaker Book of Wisdom” notes that he fought in WW II but thinks, nevertheless, that pacifism is a good thing.  Uh . . . What part?  The idea of sitting by and letting Nazis murder Jews did not, thankfully, sit well with him.  Hmm.  Any other such atrocities worth […]

On “Knee-fighting”

“I’ll fight on my knees,” the song says. But prayer, like faith without works, Is was God calls “dead!” So, when you are done praying, arise! Put on your pants and open you eyes!Go to those who are in need: Victims, maybe, of another’s greed (Anybody killin’ babies in the ‘hood? Do your community some […]

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