It happened more than once. Falling down. Or “slain in the spirit” as some people liked to call it. I didn’t know what it was. All I knew was that I had lost the ability to remain standing. The first time someone caught me; the second and third time, I just slowly fell to the floor unattended. A couple of decades later, I can now identify, at least I think I can, what happened. I remain in my study of the Holy Spirit, continuing to read the book, “Familiar Stranger.” But I ha

After 25 years of attending a church, a church in which I was highly involved, God brought it to an end. First in ministry and then the church itself. An unsettled feeling had entered into my heart and I found myself wanting more. More of what, I had no idea. I just knew that my time at this church, a church that I had loved for so long, was done. And what came next was completely unexpected. I found myself at a small charismatic church. Not sure how I got there, but once I w

For the past two years, our church has offered a Blue Christmas on the Friday before Christmas. It’s a service designed for those who are hurting or in pain, feeling loss, depressed, anxious, or hurt. It provides an opportunity where you can just feel and not worry about not fitting into the gaiety of the holiday. I’m writing this on Saturday. Yesterday was Good Friday, tomorrow is Easter and I find myself thinking that this is actually a “Blue Christmas” kind of day, the day