Two worlds are not immune from stuff.

This post is about two separate situations one in each world.

In the Faith world, my CR group lost its ministry leader to cancer. I had worked under him for the four and half years we had been doing CR. I am a pastor’s kid. I could understand the rigors of the pastor thing. I liked and trusted him enough to be real with him. I told him what I thought. Pastor Bob trusted me or rather the Lord enough to let me be Chuck. This was a gift. Pastor Bob was not a peacock. Pastor Bob was a quiet and effective pastor. He was very good at the job he did. We are less and heaven is richer now. The Faith world deals at that junction between temporal and eternal.

In the recovery world, I got an email that men operating sober houses as I was before were thrown in jail by a judge for not putting in sprinklers as I was ordered to do. So beds are not available. This is the reason I got out of the business. These are not good times to be an addict or drunk. There will be fewer beds. I was too old for the rigors of that business.

The challenges in both worlds are different, but there are challenges that can break your heart. Let’s not fight, but stand together for those who still suffer from addiction and disfunction.