A friend of mine got out of prison recently. I had the privilege of meeting him at the gate along with his Free2Succeed mentors. We went back to his mentors’ house (whom we have both known a long time now … Read More
A year ago, in May of 2019, I participated in an Illuman MROP (Men’s Rite of Passage) in Washington. In the course of that experience, I recognized my name and truth. “I AM Jedidiah, Beloved of Jehovah,” I wrote in … Read More
Once upon a time, before YouTube was a thing, I dreamt of traveling the world as a videographer for missionaries. It was a fantastic dream. The idea was to collaborate with several churches in the area so they could team … Read More
*Originally published on www.ClearwaterTrekker.com Once upon a time, I went for a walk in the woods with brooding thoughts clouding my mind. Moss clung heavily to tree branches where no leaves grew. Broken snags were bored with holes where birds … Read More
The core belief motivating my current journey is that God won’t do the work for me. This feels like a lack of faith in God because for so long I believed that He would be at work within me making … Read More
I used to tell a story when I was younger. A simple story I’d heard about having faith in the seemingly random will of God. As the story goes… A young man asks God how he can serve Him. In … Read More
My religious upbringing taught me that the purpose of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and resurrection from the grave was, through propitiation, to make a personal relationship with the Divine Father possible for me. All I had to do was … Read More
We began this journey through Henri Nouwen’s book, Life of the Beloved, asking, “What does it mean to be the Beloved of Jehovah?” and, “What is it that keeps us trapped in sin when we already know the truth of … Read More
Have you ever left a job or a relationship, or put down a project that looked fine from the outside but you just couldn’t do it anymore? And maybe when you finally walked away you couldn’t quite put your finger … Read More
“Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it … Read More