Posts from December 2017
Follow the Musical Score
This is a story about woundedness, about loss and about music. (Names and details have been changed or omitted.) A sister of a close friend died last month. From an overdose of heroin. In a field behind a Walmart in California. Her drug-addicted son, who introduced her to drugs, did not tell the rest of the family for more than three weeks. Her obituary, written by her brother, describes her early life, growing up on the family farm and being raised in the Baptist church. It tells how, in high school, she won…
Confessimony
This a confess-imony. The Bible says “confess your sins to one another, so that you may be healed” (James 5:16), and, because we “conquer [the enemy] by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony” (Revelation 12:11). This is both of those at once: it’s a confess-imony. During the building of our townhome we were surprised that many statements and promises by our builder were not true or were greatly exaggerated. Many of our requests were simply ignored and forgotten. He has never acknowledged those things or taken responsibility for what didn’t work out. It’s been very frustrating. I felt disrespected and greatly offended. However, I knew I had to be patient and…