Past (hidden) AHJTL Posts

Because I Have Faith When my wife got sick and our lives were turned upside down and the freedom I had grown so accustomed to was gone, and when I had to watch her cry in pain and fear and suffering, because I have faith, I asked “Where are you in this situation, God?”   […]

Original Sin What really is sin? Because I think of sex or pleasure, or wish for the welfare of my family and friends more than the welfare of those I see as different, those whom I fear, are these my sins? To wish I were different than God created me –  isn’t that the sin […]

Possessed   There’s a little devil that takes up residence inside me, sometimes, jumps around and pokes me with a sharp stick just in the most painful spots, to set me off, releasing unkindness into the atmosphere, impatience, selfishness, inconsideration, like a little steam spouting from a tea kettle, it stings, and so I pray […]

Easier It is easier to love the neighbor who lives on the other side of the earth, someone imagined who we have never touched, who will never touch us. Yes, it is safe to love a person we don’t know. And so it is with God, easier to love the God who is not rather […]

Called Out There is a power in naming, and connection in knowing the name of another. So it follows that those unclean spirits were connected with Jesus, and that challenging them in truth and love, he empowered them to become free –  free of attachment, co-dependence, fear and hate. Free of self-loathing, hiding and shame. […]