based on Genesis 32:22-31 Faithful God, it is dark and we are struggling. The causes of our anguish are numerous. They include concerns for our world and for ourselves. We’re also wrestling with you: your presence and place in all else that tosses us about all night without rest or respite. Yet we cling toContinue reading “A Prayer on the Riverbank”
Author Archives: Jeff Nelson
Tools in the Toolbox
Former professional wrestler and current WWE backstage worker Adam Pearce recently reflected on Facebook about his journey to his current work: But the things that I was exhausted by had given me tremendous experience along the way that afforded me incredible opportunities, the biggest of which was happening during that period of time. Since theContinue reading “Tools in the Toolbox”
God-Haunted
The band Over the Rhine uses a phrase in the liner notes for their album Ohio that has stuck with me for some time. Co-founder and husband of the spousal duo Linford Detweiler writes of being born in Hartville, Ohio, the small Mennonite town that neighbors my home, and meeting eventual wife and bandmate KarinContinue reading “God-Haunted”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 