The Back Porch

She pushed this little piece of paper across the table to within a few inches of my arm, and I wanted to stand up and walk away from it.
It was nothing. The little loop of paper used to hold the napkin, fork, and knife all together at a restaurant. She had creased it on two […]

Finding hope after months of despair is like nothing that can ever be fully expressed.
It is water for a man dying of thirst. It is sight for the blind; it is air for the drowning. It is the sight of someone loved after waking from a coma. It is peace.
Love always hopes. That expression kills […]

I am intentionally writing an article about forgiveness at a time when I struggle the most to do it.
You might wake up one day with an e-mail threatening legal action if you attempt to contact a person, even with completely positive motivations, and say to yourself, “What’s the point?”
After all, Jesus forgave us […]

Eight weeks ago my fiancée left me.
The woman I loved most… the woman I would die for… left me without any explanation.
Upon that event, and continuing even until now, I began what is easily the most traumatic and confusing period of my life.
I’m not going to go into specifics because shame isn’t […]

The problem with faith is that you don’t know if it worked until it’s too late.
Of course, that creates a paradox, since if you knew it was going to work, would it be faith? Probably 8 out of 10 discussions about faith end up referring to a chair… I suspect it is because of the plentiful nature of chairs, except of course in desert wastelands, as well as movies that are set to take place in ancient China. So, to carry on the tradition, I’ll talk about a chair.