I Don't Talk if You Can't but Maybe Write It Down

The last time I was in the building of the church that I used to pastor after I left was for Bert's funeral in the fall of 2015. He could barely speak at the end of his life but he looked at me and with very almost incomprehensible words said surrender early and protect be. We all locate our identity in something, someone, something that makes us feel alive, something that making us feel important. An idol is anything or anyone that you conclude in your heart you must have in order for your life to be meaningful, valuable, exciting, free.