I got sidestepped. A month ago I got interrupted by Covid. I was fully vaccinated and boosted, but it hit me hard. It took a couple of weeks to get free. But the horrendous coughing took me to the hospital with a hernia issue. So I have repairs scheduled. The...

Perspective on everything depends on your position. I am considering my position in the podcast and the blog. Who am I and why should you listen? Why does anyone listen? The first thing you have to know about me is that I care about you all. But I don't care whether...

When you talk about recovery or faith the details are everything, when you want to understand why there are issues between secular Recovery and conservative theology you really have to deal with the drop-dead issues. In a strange way, this brings me back to the Holy...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vxkxy-1306496 This discusses the concepts of Fellowship and tribalism in faith and recovery. First, we look at what fellowship means in recovery groups and in faith groups. Then we look at what tribalism looks like in both areas.

In writing about Life in the Spirit I find myself talking about theological stuff. Like who God is and how we describe Him matters! The ability to say who you believe He is has everything to do with how you deal with and think about how he acts. My Dad was a pastor...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rs3xx-12f927a If you live at the junction of Faith and Recovery there is one elephant in the room.  The elephant is God as I understand Him.  The secular argument is about what difference it makes.  Does God have a complex?  If...

Well, I must admit I got lost! I had to take a break and reassess. When you get lost you retrace your steps and see what went wrong. I have been following breadcrumbs from one topic to another. The last effort which stalled was the holy Spirit. I was making the point...

I have been in recovery for forty-five-plus years. I have been sober for 48 years. As a drunk, I want you to get sober. As a Jesus person, I want you to discover Jesus and find a lasting relationship with Him and his church. What could go wrong? This blog series and...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zz2rm-12d2493 This podcast continues my experience years ago receiving what they called the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  It was during the Catholic phase of my recovery.  During the sessions, they explained what I now know were...

I recognize that this Holy Spirit thing can be a dangerous snare. Everybody has an opinion and a preference. But biblically we can agree that some experience called the infilling of the Spirit is mentioned in Acts. At that time it was marked by speaking in tongues. At...