My favorite Al-Anon joke Did you hear about: A man came into a bar and ordered A full bottle of fine whiskey and a glass. He poured himself a shot and bolted it right down. He immediately poured himself another glass and chugged it, This went on and on. The bartender was spellbound by the … More An Al-Anon Joke
A wonderful friend of mine posted me a picture of her dog barking at himself. I laughed out loud because I could see myself BARKING insults of my self within my head. It really isn’t what I do not know that gets me in trouble. It is what I know perfectly well but do not … More A Barking Dog
The Importance of Really Listening Growing up,I had the feeling that nobody ever listened to me. The truth is I don’t think listening to anyone was part of our family reality. I was taught to never air the dirty laundry ouside the family.” To me that meant that we would talk our family problems inside … More The Importance of Really Listening
I have had several dreams given to me from time That have helped me. One of them was about Heaven. In this vision, I was just outside a structure about the size and dimensions of a high school gymnasium. The building was my heavenly home. It was being prepared for my arrival at some unknowable … More A heaven I Can Believe In
– In the Genesis creation story God says that he was going to create us In Her/His image, male and female. For me that means that God is both Male and female. The problem is that until a few years ago almost all theology was written by males. Not surprisingly, theology is written from the … More God As I understand Her/Him
A Vote of Thanks for Chick and Vinnie from Skid Row LA The alley behind the mission was a dead end. It went just beyond the mission and then widened into a turn around for cars. There were benches along the alley. Men gathered there for conversation and to smoke. The men talked about the … More Thanks From the LA Skidrow For Chick And Vinnie
Once, when I was a chaplain at Union Rescue Mission, a tall, thin man came into my office. He was nice looking, about thirty five years old, with a big mustache. I liked him the second I saw him. He began to tell me his story. I let him talk for a few minutes. As … More Bob’s Beautiful Story
George Caywood At Union Rescue Mission where I worked I often heard long term volunteers say things like “Before I started volunteering at URM I had no idea how homeless I was spiritually and emotionally”. On the other hand I lost volunteers because When they realized that homeless folks were just like them it made the … More Volunteers At Union Rescue Mission
There is a tension between the urgent and the important. One of the things that went wrong for me at Union Rescue Mission was that the frantic urgency of running the mission made it hard for me me to remain God centered. I began getting to the mission at 5:30 or 6:00 AM. That greatly … More On The urgent And The Important
All my life people have quoted the old rhyme to me: “Georgie Porgie puddin’ pie Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away. I have never minded people quoting that rhyme to me provided they understood the true meaning of the poem. Two points need … More Georgie Porgie
