The Dance She Danced – Part 3 by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Lawd have mercy, if you ain't never seen no glory slip into skin and move like...

The Fish, the Sand Flies, and the Chevy Van By Kateb Shunnar We didn’t own a boat. Couldn’t afford one. But what we did  have was Paw Paw...

🎺✨ Ginger Snaps, Cheese, and the Bass Horn Blues: A Second Line Story ✨🎺 Now let me tell you something strange, baby when I was young,...

Dear Reader 📚 There comes a time in every soul’s journey when the fork in the road is not marked by signs, but by silence. It’s in those...

🎨 The Creator’s Canvas By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I am a canvas. Not just any canvas His canvas. The Creator didn’t pick me up on a...

🌿 “The Paths That Please the Creator” By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar There are choices that echo like whispers in eternity and there are...

🎙️ Podcast Episode: “Redemptive Love… and Yes, I’m Talking to You” By Kateb Shunnar HOST (me): What’s up, family? Welcome back to the...

Humble Yourself a Little Bit By Kateb Shunnar There’s a peculiar thing about pride it’s like wearing a crown made of glass: it might...

The Unshaken Sky By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I’ve looked at the night sky my whole life, but I didn’t always see it the way I do now. Back...

When Heaven Opens By Kateb Shunnar Just when the night feels far too long, And silence swallows every song, A trembling dawn begins to...

The Keeper of the Hidden Meadow By Kateb Shunnar They speak in the old tongue of a place the maps refuse to hold a meadow hidden between...

I Wonder by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I wonder why the sky wears blue. Maybe it’s the heavens’ favorite robe, stitched from the breath of...

Roots in the Eternal The winds may howl, the rains may fall, but the roots that drink from the Creator’s well will not be moved. By Kateb...

These Are the Things I Can Do Without by Kateb  Shunnar There are some things in life I’ve learned I don’t need to carry anymore. Not in...

First Left After Blessings Drive: The Long Road Home by Kateb Shunnar Now listen here, honey, I’m ‘bout to lay down the most important...

The River That Remembers by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar There is a thirst in the human soul that no feast can satisfy, no treasure can...

Now I Know What Life is Really Worth By Kateb Shunnar There is a sacred moment in every life when you look at the things you once chased...

The Silence After Her Song: A Reflection on My Mother’s Passing The Silence After Her Song by Kateb Shunnar Fourteen years ago August...

The Mango Curse of Mang Isko  by Kateb Shunnar In the languid heart of Barangay Bulaong, where even the mosquitoes took their time and...

The First Drop By Kateb Shunnar Before thunder breaks, before clouds swell with the voice of longing, There is a whisper between the...