In the final hours of Christ’s life, He is taken before Pilot, who interviews Him intently. Upon discovering or deciding for himself that Jesus appeared innocent of wrong that permitted such involvement of the Romans, Pilot presented the people with an option. They could free Jesus of Nazareth or free Barabbas, a man known forContinue reading “Barabbas: We are made Free”
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“I’m Not Reading That”
You may have noticed my deep religious roots in my writing. Honestly, early on, I tried to keep my writing as religiously light as possible. It wasn’t any sort of embarrassment of my religion or out of a desire to hide my religiousness, it was simply because I didn’t want to create any sort ofContinue reading ““I’m Not Reading That””
Emotional Roadblock
If you happen to have read through my road to Tennessee posts, you’ll know my wife suffers from a rare disease. It’s been a long journey for us both, but more especially for and on her. There’s no way of truly understanding the emotional roller coaster she rides each day with her sickness. She triesContinue reading “Emotional Roadblock”
Radiation
Did you know nearly everything gives off some form of radiation? From the ultraviolet we are exposed to daily, to the X-rays we get when injured. Even our bodies have elements essential to our lives that give off radiation. It is a constant part of our life that leaves an imprint, whether brief orContinue reading “Radiation”
Road to Tennessee Part 3
You Can’t See What You Don’t Feel Up to this point I’ve alluded to what my wife experienced with her illness. The truth is, as an observer it’s challenging to understand the depth of her pains. That’s the unfortunate task of the supporter, you have to watch the suffering without understanding it. This is notContinue reading “Road to Tennessee Part 3”
Road to Tennessee Part 1
“How was Tennessee?” Over the last few years my wife and I have been through a rollercoaster of events. It challenged us to become better in many ways, but left us often lost for a path forward. We spent years fighting my wife’s health searching for a doctor who would have an actual path forContinue reading “Road to Tennessee Part 1”
Distraction
I was driving down the road with my family and got behind a silver car with the license plate “BO55”. The license plate gave me a little chuckle, but it quickly disappeared as our little silver boss began drifting into the lane next to him. It was so bad I thought he was just gettingContinue reading “Distraction”
Blogs
What is a blog? It’s not the same as a journal entry. Journals you can fully and unleashingly reveal all things about yourself and yourlife without fear of repercussion. Its not quite a media. Media pieces I feel are informital entertainment. You read an article to see someones take on certain subjects you enjoy andContinue reading “Blogs”
Stumped
You ever just not know what to write about. I’m not talking about writers block either. This is the desire to write but just not having anything to write about. It happens when I’m bored, not when I have a lot of time bored but I have a couple minutes and instead of sifting throughContinue reading “Stumped”
Stress
Stress is an interesting phenonminon. You can do something a hundred times, feel good about your ability then add a mixture of stress and suddenly this new found skill turns to mush. Now that in itself sucks, but now that you are struggling your stress peaks even more. Its like a self feeding virus youContinue reading “Stress”
Jacob Gittins 