Re: your blog (letter from a pastor and friend)
Good morning, Ishmael, I'm out of town now, having just finished at a pastor's conference and now with my daughter and her family for the weekend. I wanted to just let you know that I'm reading the blog posts as they are published and just read your latest now. Though parts of these posts don't feel new, as I have seen some of these feelings and events in other things you have shared with me, I want to tell you that I'm feeling (some of) the pain you are working through and understanding more of your journey and the healing you are looking for. Thanks for including me, and thank you for taking these things head on. I pray for reconciliation for your heart; not just a workable relationship with your dad, as that may not be realistic for you, but I picture you coming home to your Father as the son in Luke 15 to wide open arms and full restoration as a man with resources and riches to manage and to steward. I hope that I, and other men, can at ...