why am I here?
Hey, Nothing pretentious! I just want to share a few thoughts on faith and literature, mostly translations, on a somewhat regular basis. You can skip the religious stuff if you like, but I think you could learn a thing or two from someone who has been seeking Jesus wholeheartedly from earliest childhood. Don't expect me to repeat the pat answers we hear all the time, though. Let me just say from the outset that I believe God heals, speaks and answers prayer today just like He did in the past. And that seeking God is not for sissies. In terms of Christian traditions I'm a mix and pledge allegiance to no particular denomination - though I'm a churchgoer, of course. It's about the truth. I have a PhD in the area of literary translation. If someone out there takes pleasure in a couple of poems I've translated, that'll be enough for me. The following comes from a Brazilian writer named José de Alencar (1829-1877). He helped create a national literature using ...