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Alternative Truths – #2: I Was Wrong
“I’m a good person.” or “People just don’t know what I’m going through.” As much as I like to think that I’m a logical, rational, and methodical person there are moments that show up every now and then that remind me thats not the case. I’m impulsive. I trust my instincts and my feelings. I… Read more
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Alternative Truths – Intro/Post #1: Gone Away
The focus for this series of posts: finding truth and meaning and life in the place I was least expecting to find it. And I’ll do that by sharing and discussing songs from my past that taught me something, that met me where I was, that gave me the words that I couldn’t come up… Read more
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Remembering to Dream Like Dr. King
I’ve been thinking all day about MLK and how he’s become kind of a pop hero. History tells us that he was not appreciated and supported during his lifetime. He wasn’t the voice of popular opinion like I grew up thinking he was. His “I have a dream speech” which everyone loves now, was radical,… Read more
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“Blessed are the Peacemakers”
” Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 There has always been trouble in the world. Conflict and suffering has been present for all of history. Yet there are periods where it seems that both escalate and intensify and demand more of our collective attention. We are in one… Read more
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The Last Hurrah: A Camp Grow Story
Have you ever had a dream so powerful or so important that it stuck with you long after waking? Most dreams start to fade the instant that the alarm sounds or the baby cries, but on rare occasions we can have dreams that linger; dreams that we fight to keep alive in our memories. Sometimes… Read more
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Not Our Table
We share the communion table with others because we are reminded that we are better together than divided Read more
Tanner H Griffin 