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
Leave the Gift at the Altar
Get Up and Walk · Week 4 · Thursday Leave the Gift at the Altar He has been worshipping around it for three years. There is a man he had a falling out with. A close friend, once. The kind…
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…
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…