Doing the Impossible
In 1998 I traveled to Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka. I went because the government said it was finally safe to do so. But the government lied. Batticaloa was under Read More
Addiction
Meetings Resume January 9!
Starting Sunday, January 9, 2022, we will resume our weekly Recovery Bible Study, which focuses on the Seven Commands of Jesus. The time and location will be the same as Read More
Overdose Is No Longer Just a White Problem
Clare Galofaro writes for the Associated Press, As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, climbing to a record high. The drug crisis has also diversified from an Read More
Drug Overdoses Hit Record High
The New York Times is reporting that over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the year ending April 2021– the first year of the pandemic. This is a huge increase Read More
The Problem with Abstinence
My last post considered the benefits and controversy over “harm reduction.” In short, harm reduction seeks to minimize the damage done to the addict and those around them resulting from Read More
The Controversy Over Harm Reduction
By all measures so far, 2020 set records for the number of people who died from drug overdoses. Lat week, the New York Times reported that the Biden administration has Read More
Who we think we are (and why it matters)
(Cross-posted from DJMitchellAuthor.com.) How we think about ourselves determines how we behave in the world. And how we think about ourselves stems from who we believe we are– our self-identity. Read More
Drug overdoses are up. A lot.
The New York Times reports that for the year ending September 2020, drug overdoses in the U.S. rose to a staggering 87,000. That’s almost 25% higher than the calendar year Read More
Meetings Resume!
We’ve been waiting a long time for this: we’re resuming face-to-face meetings! Thursday, 6:30 pm (meeting now): Baptist Youth Center, 700 W. Market St. (about a half mile west Read More
Healing the Hopeless
This sermon, preached via Zoom for Immanuel Mennonite Church, uses the story of the Gerasene Demoniac to describe the nature of addiction, the challenges to Church faces in addressing it, Read More