a series on keeping your peace in what can appear to be a tumultuous world.
on the dictation of helicopters (and expelling the spirit of envy)
MEDIA | by Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | OCTOBER 1, 2025
“There is a difference between saying that’s a stupid argument and saying that’s a stupid person.”
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The power of history is that if you’re an artist, even in terrible times, you have so much material you cannot stop working. It’s as if God has the pen in His hand, and says:
Write.
You can scarcely keep up with it.
In my dad’s day
There was a story of how
That dictator threw innocent
People from helicopters
He said it like
To scare us
I thought it was crazy like
Scary animals
Or tigers
But:
That was history.
I love
The way I was educated.
Like a surgeon looking at a problem
We used to debate all the time at our dinner table
it was our thing as family.
even if everything else was broken
we could do that
we could argue, walk away and it was
healthy
actually
I was challenged
my mind grew
I got smart
by questioning my assumptions
how did I arrive at that point?
I am so hopeful and yet I disdain
People who claim
That they know what it was really like
How my Dad
Cried at night
My brother told me
When he went back to Africa
Perhaps being there
Made it so close.
You have no idea
What it is
What it really is to be afraid
So you make up fake
Monsters.
Be aware
Of the metrics of fear
I have removed some contacts.
People who have a right to say what they want
But whose speech is full of anger, disdain, jealousy:
I have zero problem
With debate
I love a contrary point of view
But what I will not countenance is
Contempt
And a spirit of envy
And hate
I know therein the helicopter lies–
Make no such place for this.
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God Heals —how the love of God exited me from the trauma narrative— to live in His spirit of power, love and a sound mind— and how you can count on Him to heal you too. Hardcover – August 11, 2025
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