By Glen Doss, Major As I rise to retrieve a book from the shelf, the man’s eyes follow me across the room. Settling back into my chair, I see distrust written large upon his face. Assigned as chaplain at an adult rehabilitation center (ARC), I find such an attitude common during my first session with beneficiaries, [...]
By Glen Doss, Major “I’m uncomfortable with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) because of their vagueness about the nature of God, the saving power of Jesus Christ, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. I’ve stopped attending their meetings and have followed my pastor’s advice. I’ll stay sober through God alone.” I cringe [...]
By Glen Doss, Major The 50-year-old man was sobbing. Wiping his face with a Kleenex he had pulled from a box on my desk, he blurted: “My life’s a mess! I’ve run out of options. Nobody in my family will have anything to do with me anymore. And now I’m homeless. Can you help me [...]
By Glen Doss, Major Look yonder carefully, see In the eyes of those tattooed young men, Not just resentment toward authority, Though it glares like sunlight streaming in, But a ravenous hunger for salvation, Not so easily discerned, A veritable rush of the human spirit For union with the divine. So a brush with hell [...]
“Follow me to my car, outside the gate,” the Columbian drug buyer insisted. “We’ve got your money there.” “No!” the young dealer retorted. “That’s not the way I do business.” “Please, just for me,” urged the buyer. Finally, against his better judgment, at 10 o’clock on a Friday night, Johnnie Micheaux followed the other man [...]
By Glen Doss, Major “Chaplain, I know now I can’t run my life on my own. I need God’s help, and I’m genuinely seeking to know him. But I’m lost. I haven’t had that ‘White Light’ experience that Bill Wilson had. How I can have such a spiritual experience so I will know God is [...]
By Glen Doss, Major “The ground is level at the foot of the cross. Anyone can come there, for there is no cost” go the words of an old hymn. As an Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) chaplain, it is my habit during mealtime and breaks to hang out with the beneficiaries. I do this because, [...]
Glen Doss, Major “For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” So they began to celebrate (Luke 15:24 NIV). “Everything was dark when my eyes popped open. I shook my head to clear it. I lay flat on my back among garbage cans alongside a brick [...]
By Glen Doss, Major “I’m on a down-going escalator. I may be facing the right direction, trying to do the right thing, but unless I’m making upward progress on my journey, that escalator will take me down!” My friend was describing his personal faith walk. He had discovered that unless he was consistently making progress [...]
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life, advises wise King Solomon (Prov. 4:23 NIV).
