Good and bad church or group depends on the person. As I get older I realize everything depends on how well suited the person is to use the help offered. What a group offers and what the person is able to utilize are two different things. The next podcast is about an...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pd2mg-123256c Faith folks talk about their walk, and Recovery folks talk about their program.  What does that mean?

What's a Good Walk? What's a good Program? Last time in the podcast I talked about the nasty words Good and Bad. This podcast I am going to narrow down a bit. For recovery people, they talk about how good is your program. For many Christians, it is how is your walk?...

In my last podcast, I talked about the words good and bad. There is no firm definition of good and bad in our current culture. At the junction of Faith and recovery, this issue of good and bad is key to understanding the differences between faith and recovery. I would...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hsppk-12264e2 The dirty words for both Faith and Recovery are Good and Bad.  No one wants good or Bad defined for them, We all want the freedom to define them for ourselves.  One thing faith and recovery agree is the right to...

I have argued that the common denominator between groups like recovery and faith is the human thing. I think the disagreement is about what human means and what faith means. We may be able to agree to be human is about being unique and fallible at the same time. The...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-77d2v-121ed65 One of the most critical ingredients of successful recovery or faith is excellent boundaries!  Good boundary markers tell us where good ends and bad begins.  Often we lose credibility if don't get these boundaries...

What is and what could be are usually two different worlds. I have talked about the state of both worlds. But now we may need to imagine a new vision for both Recovery and Faith. All I am about to say is not reality but is a possibility. What could recovery look like?...

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xzdvg-1214b30 In both Faith and Recovery, the common denominator is a whole spectrum of human issues which require professional help.  The challenge for both areas is to accept and encourage people with issues to seek...

When I was a kid I lived in the Vermont town of Windsor for a few years during my grade school days. In the summer I was free to do whatever. I fished the ponds of the town. I had it worked out to a science. In the pond, I fished for perch. In another little deep...