Dear Editor,
In this world, there are men who act out of convenience, some for self-preservation, while others make moves for personal gain and in sheer advancement of an evil agenda. However, there are a select few others who take action with the sole intent to make the world a better place.
Reverend Merrick “Al” Miller belongs among the latter. In my reportage I have heard many compelling accounts of the lives he has touched along with the desolate souls who he has rescued with sage counsel. Miller has given unselfishly of his time and resources.
I met the man once. The coincidental meeting a few years ago occasioned a brief conversation while we were in transit at the Miami International Airport. I have no doubt that when Al Miller was called upon to carry Christopher “Dudus” Coke to the United States Embassy in Kingston, his sole objective was to peacefully and without any further bloodshed resolve the painful crisis which Coke, being ‘at large’ for weeks, had rendered upon our beloved land.
There are folks like the Reverend Devon Dick who have publicly bayed for Miller to be further sanctioned following his conviction in the parish court recently. Dick is entitled to his view — indeed, access to the right of free speech is his, but I pity him.
Verily, verily, when I read Devon Dick’s piece published recently in the print media, I was forced to wonder: What has Dick done for his country? Instead of attempting to kick his fellow clergyman while he is down, perhaps Devon Dick should embark upon the aforementioned ponderation and be guided by the good tidings of Psalms 34:21, which reminds us that, “Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.”
It perhaps is a cruel irony that the well-intentioned and selfless son of Jamaica, the Reverend Merrick “Al” Miller, will this week face the possibility of a prison sentence. In the moment of decision, may leniency and mercy be visited upon him.
Abka Fitz-Henley
abkafitzhenley@yahoo.com
In this world, there are men who act out of convenience, some for self-preservation, while others make moves for personal gain and in sheer advancement of an evil agenda. However, there are a select few others who take action with the sole intent to make the world a better place.
Reverend Merrick “Al” Miller belongs among the latter. In my reportage I have heard many compelling accounts of the lives he has touched along with the desolate souls who he has rescued with sage counsel. Miller has given unselfishly of his time and resources.
I met the man once. The coincidental meeting a few years ago occasioned a brief conversation while we were in transit at the Miami International Airport. I have no doubt that when Al Miller was called upon to carry Christopher “Dudus” Coke to the United States Embassy in Kingston, his sole objective was to peacefully and without any further bloodshed resolve the painful crisis which Coke, being ‘at large’ for weeks, had rendered upon our beloved land.
There are folks like the Reverend Devon Dick who have publicly bayed for Miller to be further sanctioned following his conviction in the parish court recently. Dick is entitled to his view — indeed, access to the right of free speech is his, but I pity him.
Verily, verily, when I read Devon Dick’s piece published recently in the print media, I was forced to wonder: What has Dick done for his country? Instead of attempting to kick his fellow clergyman while he is down, perhaps Devon Dick should embark upon the aforementioned ponderation and be guided by the good tidings of Psalms 34:21, which reminds us that, “Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.”
It perhaps is a cruel irony that the well-intentioned and selfless son of Jamaica, the Reverend Merrick “Al” Miller, will this week face the possibility of a prison sentence. In the moment of decision, may leniency and mercy be visited upon him.
Abka Fitz-Henley
abkafitzhenley@yahoo.com