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…
Bound in the Right Hand
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…
Yes, Me Too
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Thursday Yes, Me Too He has hidden it from his sons for twenty years. The anxiety. The bad nights. The way his chest still tightens in certain meetings, certain phone calls, certain…
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…
Meet Ehud
Get Up and Walk · Week 2 · Sunday Meet Ehud Most of us hear the word “judge” and picture a man in a black robe behind a bench. The judges of the Old Testament were not that. They were…
The Limp Stays. Celebrate
Get Up and Walk · Week 1 · Saturday Recap The Limp Stays I sat with Mephibosheth all week. I will be honest about why. I had to. Because every story we wrote this week was a version of mine….
Two Stumblers, One Table
Get Up and Walk · Week 1 · Friday Two Stumblers, One Table His fifteen-year-old has gone quiet. It started a few weeks ago. School friends, social media, something the boy will not name. Now the kid eats fast and…
A Dead Dog Before the King
Get Up and Walk · Week 1 · Thursday A Dead Dog Before the King He hasn’t prayed in three weeks. Not because he has been busy. Because there is a particular failure he cannot bring himself to bring back…
The Quiet Lo-debar
Get Up and Walk · Week 1 · Wednesday The Quiet Lo-debar He sits in the parking lot after another long day. Engine off. Hand still on the wheel. He has been doing this same drive for years now. The…
What He Said in the Driveway
Get Up and Walk · Week 1 · Tuesday What He Said in the Driveway His college-age son came home for the weekend. They sat in the garage that night with two beers and the kind of quiet a father…