Much to my discomfort, my recovering meth addict friends are teaching me that small-mindedness can have big consequences.
Tag: Addiction
Carolyn Moore ~ Relapse and Recovery: How to Get Back Up When You Fall
Inside every person, there are two sides that war with each other, and sometimes the side that works against our design wins a battle and we do things we don’t mean to do.
Steve Beard ~ Aaron Neville’s Road to Redemption
“I knew I needed to make my transformation, needed to get back to the place where I was a little boy who believed in the goodness of God and power of prayer,” he remembers. He called out to God. He prayed with tenacity as he climbed up the steps of Saint Ann’s Shrine in New Orleans on his knees. He even called upon the intercession of St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes.
Roz Picardo – Loving Our Communities: A Heroin Epidemic Prayer Vigil
Testimonies were shared of life transformation by folks in recovery who moved from a life of brokenness to blessing. The evening culminated with the group going outside in the parking lot, clasping hands, sharing names of lives personally affected by heroin, and praying in unison the Lord’s Prayer.
Talbot Davis ~ Could You Give Up Porn for Lent? A Pastoral Perspective on Life Change
The rise of the internet has created a perfect storm for growing numbers of men to become addicted. It is available. It is anonymous. I suspect no other generation of men – or their pastors – had such a collision of forces that are the same time both irresistible and destructive.