Cynthia A. English

  • Home
  • A Little About Me
  • Passions
  • Blog
    • Passages of Life
    • Homeless in America
    • Spiritual Things
    • Poetry
 

Why I Don’t Unfriend People Over Political Ideology

January 17, 2021 By Cynthia English Leave a Comment

It took an insurrection for some, but I’ve seen clear lines drawn in the sand on social media – culling of friend lists and declarations for people to unfriend them if they don’t like what they have to say about politics (particularly the current President of the United States.) I get it. There is a […]

  • Subscribe to my blog


     

Blind Loyalty is Idolatry

January 8, 2021 By Cynthia English 2 Comments

There is security in zealotry. It feels good to belong and feel like you’re on the right side of something, a scrappy minority fighting for good against evil. When you find yourself defending and believing whatever your leader says, take heed, blind loyalty to any person or organization is idolatry. Zealotry can be blinding and […]

  • Subscribe to my blog


     

One Sunday in London

September 8, 2020 By Cynthia English 2 Comments

I hurried down the rain-soaked streets of London, wearing absolutely the wrong shoes for it and pulling along my overstuffed suitcase with the broken handle. It was 7:30am on a cold Sunday in March – just before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world, and my European travel, into a tailspin. I had taken the tube […]

  • Subscribe to my blog


     

SPEAK, Even If Your Voice Shakes

January 2, 2019 By Cynthia English 2 Comments

I’ve never picked a word for the year before. Maybe it is knowing that my late, dear friend Becky did this. (Her word for 2018 was “abide”– and now she is abiding with the living GOD.) Maybe I just need the accountability, but when I thought and prayed about a word – one came LOUD […]

  • Subscribe to my blog


     

The Lord Has Given, The Lord Has Taken

December 31, 2018 By Cynthia English Leave a Comment

2018 has been marked by heavy losses and gains – The loss of my first home The gain of a dream home The loss of proximity to people I’ve done life with for more than a decade The gain of family close enough to see often The loss of a dear friend The gain of […]

  • Subscribe to my blog


     

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 6
  • Next Page »

Recent Posts

Willows

Willows

March 28th, 2021

I will sit with you in the sad, hard place Serving as a witness to your pain I will sit with y[...]
God is a Mother

God is a Mother

March 9th, 2021

God is a mother I’ve seen her in the park Nursing babies while pushing another on a swing I’v[...]
Blue Lotus

Blue Lotus

February 7th, 2021

The following is a spec script I wrote in 2015 for a screenwriting class. This script is best po[...]
Why I Don’t Unfriend People Over Political Ideology

Why I Don’t Unfriend People Over Political Ideology

January 17th, 2021

It took an insurrection for some, but I’ve seen clear lines drawn in the sand on social media – cull[...]
Blind Loyalty is Idolatry

Blind Loyalty is Idolatry

January 8th, 2021

There is security in zealotry. It feels good to belong and feel like you're on the right side of s[...]

Copyright © 2021| Cynthia A. English
All rights reserved
Log in

Menu Title
  • Home
  • A Little About Me
  • Passions
  • Blog
    ▲
    • Passages of Life
    • Homeless in America
    • Spiritual Things
    • Poetry