Chapter Thirty-one: The Cleft in the Rock

by | Nov 21, 2011 | Amazing Grace

In 1988 I decided that a garden would help me to exercise and strengthen my muscles, ease pain and assist a gradual return to full mobility.  It was still difficult to walk.  I had to put pants on sitting down because I couldn’t lift my feet high enough;  I...

Chapter Thirty: A Knight in Armor

by | Nov 21, 2011 | Amazing Grace

I called Eva.  I wanted to tell her about my dream of the former life and my conviction that I’d committed suicide.  After I finished, Eva became was very quiet for a long moment. “Yes, I already knew that,” she said finally. “How?”...

Chapter Twenty-nine: The Dream

by | Nov 19, 2011 | Amazing Grace

No sooner did we have a plan and a shared goal that one would think could bring two people close together, something began to act on Larry in a strange and self-destructive way.  First, he was fired from work. Then, every day, he managed to run into someone who needed...

Chapter Twenty-eight: The Ark in Montana

by | Nov 19, 2011 | Amazing Grace

When I think about the “Boat Ride to Damascus,” it is exactly a metaphor for my life as a born again Christian.  The moment of truth, of course, was symbolized by the trap of the anchor that nearly pulled me to a watery grave.  And moving out of that...