Tag: Brother Justice
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My Apocrypha 24: Jackie
It started in Uncle Savior’s garage, I guess. He showed me his project car. It was a Nova, and we were off. I remember mentioning it to a guy who, in this series, I have called Nova. Then Trashy. She is watching me and Bekah get together one night, when Bekah has drank too much…
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In the Name of the Father 18: Sasquatch Part 7
Wanna see it fall? Wanna see everything that Harmony built, everything that Brother Faith, Brother Justice, Brother Hoss, Rose, and Unity Church gave Adam crumble to the ground at his feet and burn to ash? In order to understand the true issue between Adam’s fall from God, we have to get one last gift from…
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In the Name of the Father 15: The Fall of Harmony Baptist Church
I’m not sure how much longer it could have gone on. Brother Haste’s home was obviously an unhappy one. He had fought a war against his daughter for wanting to marry a black man. He scoured the Bible, looking for any passage that might make it a sin for her to marry who she loved.…
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In the Name of the Father 10: Harmony Part 2
As I grew, the men of the church respected me more and more. Rose was in a hurry to tell me every time word got back to her about how they felt or how they thought about me. Brother Justice took me and Nozzle to a car show once. He had a vintage automobile and…
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In the Name of the Father 6: Camelot Part 2
“The last order of business today is, should we allow Jesse Teller to leave Harmony?” Pastor Haste said. A grumble dropped like a pattering of rain on the crowd at the Wednesday night Business Meeting as the motion hit the floor. Servant sat in the back of the church, looking with a deep sadness and…
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