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Lessons From A Poison Ivy Patch
When I was a kid, our backyard was a young boy’s wonderland, filled with oak trees that seemed to touch the sky and visited by squirrels, rabbits, and the occasional deer. During the fall so many leaves fell on the ground that we could rake them into piles eight feet high and jump into them...
Tattoo Man
I’ll never forget where Tattoo Man lived: corner apartment, right-hand side, directly in front of the broken-down Chevy El Camino. He made quite an impression the first day I met him as I made my way down the line of apartments, handing out food and praying for people. I knocked on his door and waited...
Finding Balance in Health and Healing
Faith healing is a religious concept that has endured for centuries, encouraging followers to be healed through their faith in God. The practice of faith healing focuses on physical restoration as a result of prayer and devotion, but doesn’t answer the question: After we are healed, how do we remain healthy? An emerging “whole health”...
In The Giant’s Grip
In John Bunyan’s classic allegory of the Christian life, The Pilgrim’s Progress, the central character, Christian, flees the City of Destruction and seeks eternal life. During his long pilgrimage he walks on the narrow path of the Hill of Difficulty, down through the Valley of Humiliation, passes through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,...
Reinvigorating the Ex-Pastor
I’m an ex-pastor. It’s kind of awkward saying that, to be honest – almost as if it’s sinful. Like I used to be a good person but now, that I’ve left serving the church in a full time capacity, I’ve spun into this dark element of evil doing-ness. But I’ve thought about it quite a...
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