Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Saturday Recap · Series Finale The Silent Soldier Five weeks ago we started this series with five men the world would have counted out, and one promise running underneath all of them:…
The Silent Soldier
Into the Daylight
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Friday Into the Daylight For twenty years his oldest friends have known him as one version of himself. The funny one. The one who could drink anyone under the table. The one…
Her Knees Were the Battlefield
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Thursday Her Knees Were the Battlefield His grandmother prayed for him every day of his life, and for most of that life he was nowhere near God. She never lectured him. That…
The Morning Blessing
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Tuesday The Morning Blessing Every morning before anyone else is up, he sits at the kitchen table with his Bible and his coffee. Just him and the quiet and the first light…
Meet Nicodemus
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Sunday Meet Nicodemus Nicodemus had everything to lose. He was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling council. He was respected, established, careful, the kind of man who had…
Two Pairs of Gloves
Get Up and Walk · Week 3 · Tuesday Two Pairs of Gloves His fifteen-year-old got caught last week. Not something small. Not a misunderstanding at school that resolves with a phone call to a teacher. Something serious enough that…
Bound in the Right Hand
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Saturday Recap Bound in the Right Hand I have spent this week sitting with Ehud. The second judge of Israel. A left-handed man from a tribe whose name means “son of the…
First Light On
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Friday First Light On He has wanted to do this for two years. A Tuesday-night men’s group in his garage. Coffee. A few chairs. An open Bible. Real conversation between men who…
The Plain Truth
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Wednesday The Plain Truth He has been at the same place for twelve years. He keeps getting passed over for the kind of promotions other men around him are getting. The reviews…
What His Brother Needed
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Tuesday What His Brother Needed His quiet middle son has been worrying him for years. The boy does not talk much. He does not volunteer answers. He does not fight back when…