Power Over Evil
May 22, 2020, 9:30 AM “I have learned nothing in 20 years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not respond…to either gentle kindness or any form … Read More
After the Storm…… A Remembrance
Shared at Carillon Beach Community Chapel on Sunday, October 20, 2019 10:00 a.m. at a Service of Remembrance. Titus 2 Partnership’s home, like so many others in the path of the storm was battered and broken on October 10, 2018. … Read More
Realism, Hurdles, and Hope
I was listening to Mark Pollock on TED talk (he is blind and paralyzed), talking about realism and hope. He shared the story of POWs in Vietnam, relating that it was the realists who were able to persevere and who … Read More
See It, Feel It, Be It
This is a collage I envisioned after seeing (and ordering prints) of the two prints on the left, created by the wife of a relative. It’s a story about recovery….. “recovery art” that I commissioned Ricky Steele to put together … Read More
Biblical Principle in Life Recovery Practice- Put Off and Put On
Jesus told a story of a man who had an evil spirit cast out. The evil spirit wandered in the wilderness, then returned to find the man’s soul “empty and swept clean.” The evil spirit gathered seven more spirits worse … Read More
Building Faith Capacity and Social Capacity
In 1997 I spent six nights in a Bay County mental health hospital, the first night in the suicide watch unit, although I had never considered or attempted suicide. For about 2 months I had been plagued with delusions, even … Read More
Pay to Stay
The reality of running any addiction recovery program is that there are costs involved. Titus 2, because of the small size and the commitment of its volunteers, has minimized the cost of operating a residential program. However, there is … Read More
Recovery Resources Self-Assessment Scale as a Means of Kickstarting Transformational Healing
I have referenced before educator Dr. Ruby K. Payne and her book, Bridges Out of Poverty, that helped me so much to understand the hidden rules associated with the three broad socio-economic classes. Another book of hers, A Framework … Read More
Boundaries and God….A Recurring Theme
Some people have jobs in which they do the same thing well again and again. I have generally been surprised by the variety and unexpected nature of daily activities that I encounter, but one thing has become more and more … Read More
Choosing to Think the Best
A couple of years ago I dismissed a student from Titus 2 for egregious violations of rules and an unrelentingly rebellious spirit after only a short time in the Titus 2 program. She moved on and amazingly, accomplished her goals … Read More