Ephrem Hip Hop

Brother Mark, Augustinian Friar & Catholic Priest. Catholic Reflection, Hip Hop Culture, pop-culture commentary, painted on this canvas of tumblr against the backdrop of the beats and rhythms of my life.

<a href="http://ephremhiphop.bandcamp.com/album/revolution-of-the-heart">Revolution of the Heart by Ephrem</a>

Me & Auggie Part 2: College, Chastity & the Confessions

Part 1: High School & Conversion

I had summed up my initial encounter with Augustine when I was in High School, somewhat culminating in my decision to receive that name upon my confirmation. It was not a happy ending however.

At this time, God was calling me to a new responsibility, and it was a scary time. I no longer found the moral vacuum of my youth sufficient. Neither did I believe I could be sustained by some sort of vague innocuous spirituality (but not religious) type of nonsense. I needed something substantial, the sort of thing that would convict me to carry medicine through the snow and mud to the sick and dying, in the midst of a dangerous thunderous blizzard.