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War Without Wins By Anuma Maxwell Breeds nothing but destruction Everything it touches ends in combustion Progress definitely ends in an obstruction Woes taking a great salutation Disturbing the beauty of creation What's the gain but starvation Power tussle of pollution Living cost entering into inflation Our right to live entering into castration What's all this war amongst nations Breeds nothing but destruction

  What You Should Know About Lent: Lent Explained By Anuma Maxwell Lent is a 40-day period that comes before Esther. The Lent season 2022 starts today on Ash Wednesday. When you observe the 40 days of Lent, you replicate Jesus' withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. It is important to note that during Lent, Sundays are exempt.   The history of lent can be traced to Jesus' fasting for 40 days in the wilderness in order to prepare for his public ministry. But officially, it became part of the Christian calendar after the Council of Nicea in 325 AD.   Fasting, prayer, and almsgiving are the three main pillars upon which Lent is observed. In our subsequent post, we shall delve more into the three pillars of lent. Lent is calculated from Mondays to Sundays. As we stated before, Sundays are exempt, and Lent ends on Easter Sunday.   The importance of Lent is to prepare the faithful for Easter through prayer, mortification of the flesh, sin repentance, almsgiving, living in...

  War Dogs By Anuma Maxwell "Only the dead have seen the end of war" In the movie "Black Hawk Down," there is an opening quote by George Santayana which reads: "Only the dead have seen the end of war". Where war begins, there can't be war without bloodshed; when World War One started, you thought that was all. We read about World War Two and saw how war affects society and how war affects the economy. This then begs the question: can war be justified? Can war be ethical? If you trace your war history, where warlords and war dogs perpetuated war crimes, you would conclude that war can never be justified. The genocide by Hitler that wiped out more than six million Jews is a perfect example. The war-like situation in Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in neighboring countries, War is not freedom because it's the innocent that bear the consequences. Lives and properties would be lost.   I remember...