She dropped them one at a time into my hand, silver clinking against silver. It was my three-dollar payment for tending to Mrs. Peterson’s yard, and at age 11, it was more money than I’d ever imagined. I took those coins, went straight to my room, found the cigar box I kept hidden in the…
Coming Clean: Liberate Me
Editor’s Note: Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day he wanted to feel. That evening, he asked his sister to smuggle in a bottle of gin, and gave in to addiction. In Coming Clean, Seth…
Coming Clean: Battling Addiction
I read the words of Jesus. Whoever wants to be My disciple, He said (and still says), must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me. — Luke 9:23 This Scripture is a clarifying voice calling. There are, of course, various responses to any voice, including the still small voice. I suppose…