Understand and trust

I once was leading a group session as a counselor at an adolescent treatment facility. There were about a dozen kids in the group.  We were outside on a deck between two buildings.  There were two brothers in the group – 16, 17 years old.  One of them had been in the facility for several […]

Trespassing, skinny-dipping, and being in Christ

One summer day when I was about 13, some of my friends and I got together to spend the day in the woods. It was land owned by the family of one of the boys.  I don’t remember the exact number but there were about 6 of us.  We explored, climbed trees, fished, and just […]