Tag Archive | hope
“Men of God Men of War” Memoir Published Today
It’s been almost seven years since I posted on here. Since then my family moved to Cumberland, Maine, to the town I grew up in. I started a hand-hewing business, turning logs into beams using only an axe. The work is therapeutic for me–nature is healing. We attended a local community church, which, during the […]
Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Learning to Risk
I, like many survivors of spiritually abusive churches or cults, experience trust issues and am generally risk-averse. I have become so good at saying “no” to people and opportunities that I have almost forgotten what it is like to say “yes.” It is easier to hunker down in my tightly-controlled routine than to risk getting […]
A Land That I Heard Of
Every childhood has its clouds, we discover. Every cowboy has his sad, sad song. Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There’s a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. My mother’s beautiful soprano voice would sing to me when I was feeling blue as a little boy. I remember the piano room […]
Liberty for Captives 