Empty Church
Is the Church more empty than the building? Is there hope?
Category: Addiction Journey
Reflections
“I have found that the process of discovering who I really am, begins with knowing who I really don’t want to be.”― Alcoholics Anonymous “I have come to believe that…
Parallels
“Baby Steps.” “Take it one day at a time.” “Tomorrow is a new day.” Those are phrases that I remember being said often in early treatment a couple years ago.…
An Open Letter to Some Friends.
Dear Friends. Let me tell you a story. It’s the story of the three Amigos, but it’s not the traditional story that you may already know. It’s a snippet of…
Deconstructing Discipleship
Just google ‘discipleship.’ I dare you. I’m guessing you’ll find – (these were the top three hits that I came up with). https://www.allaboutfollowingjesus.org/what-is-discipleship.htm- A process designed to help you be…
The Bible: A Story of Mental Illness
First, A Caveat about the Bible There are very few times in one’s life that are as dark as the place of mental illness. Whether it be depression, anxiety, obsessive…
Shifting the Shame and Why I gave up on Preaching.
Where Shame is, there is also fear. – John Milton Shifting the Shame I was at a meeting recently when someone said, “I have had to learn to shift the…
My Night of Insanity
The disease of addiction dictates that I will lose all the things that I love in time and the “rule of threes” dictates a grim long term prognosis (jail, institution,…