I have come to believe that we all have this anointing from the Father to us via the Holy Spirit. This anointing is like unto a pheromone that attracts those who are searching and those who are hurting. So when I got into the advocates office at the VA there...

Ever wonder what it would be like to go from a middle class individual with hopes and dreams and visions, to a non being? One who occupies space and time but who has had all his or her hopes and dreams and visions ripped away and destroyed, one by one,...

I have my poles and rods and just returned from Fred Meyer with hooks, weights and power bait. Look out trout. An’ while I was at Freddies, searching out the best prices on hooks and such, there was this dad who had 3 kids– two boys and a girl– and...

Well one of my projects is the creation of a forest around the meditation garden. I currently have a few dozen trees of different species now in different stages of maturity and some ground covers and some weeds. Most folks chide me for letting them grow but I have discovered...

So having an official license to baptize worms and a fishing pole with all the appropriate doodads I went to try it all out at the Mt Hood Community Pond. I found a spot and sat down and attached the sinker and the hook and a float and the bait...

On Tuesdays in Gresham we have a work day where some folks work for pay and others just volunteer and some for community service. But I am finding that even after they have fulfilled their community service requirements for the justice system they return on their own because this is...

There she was: a Mom with two little munchkins strapped into their seats in the back of the car surrounded by groceries. The hood of her car up. There he was: a tow truck driver parked directly in front of her trying to get her to pay $50 for a...