In My Place

Imagine for a moment, as painful as it might seem, that you’ve been jailed inside a maximum security prison. Even after several months of unimaginable incarceration, you remain an unrepentant convict. You’re considered by your peers a completely ruthless and lawless individual. And, indeed, you are. You hid yourself along well-traveled, lightly guarded avenues. With…

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Is God Punishing Me?

My lingering trial, like any other trial we go through, has created some soul searching questions. Questions can be a good thing because asking the right questions, hopefully, leads us to right responses. Some questions, though, have no easy answer. Some are gut wrenching to dare asking. Like this one, “Did God take away my…

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The Death That Gives Life

by Don Johnson Today, I am conducting a funeral for a man who died at a relatively young age. His body broke down after a lifetime of substance abuse of various kinds. He came from a very difficult home. He was in a strata of society that the ‘decent folks’ would try to ignore if…

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