by Joe Garrison | Sep 7, 2024 | Community, Words with Joe Garrison
The needle pierces my skin. A slight pinch. Then, pressure, burning. Suddenly, I feel hot. Sweat is pooling on my forehead as my glasses fog up. My hands feel clammy. “Are you ok?” the doctor asks. “Give me a minute,” I say. The room starts to spin, “This has never...
by Joe Garrison | Sep 4, 2024 | Politics, Words with Joe Garrison
My phone dings. “New text message.” I open it up and see a picture with the caption, “CC in NR.” The picture shows a page from the latest National Review magazine discussing a nasty hit against Caitlin Clark (presumably by Chennedy Carter of the Chicago Sky) and Clark...
by Joe Garrison | Sep 3, 2024 | Politics, Words with Joe Garrison
It’s crazy how what we believe and how we behave as an adult is often so directly tied to what we hated about our childhood. I’m reading a book right now called “When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s,” by John...
by Joe Garrison | Sep 1, 2024 | Christianity, Community, Words with Joe Garrison
We were in an old, musty church conference room. Maybe twelve of us. There was a kitchenette in the back with an old microwave and coffeemaker. In the front was an antique sewing table next to a table with a television on top and three folded wheelchairs underneath....
by Joe Garrison | Aug 30, 2024 | Community, Words with Joe Garrison
This will be etched in my memory for the rest of my life. The rain is pouring down as family, friends, and community members arrive for a prayer vigil. Three days earlier, in this very spot, three-year-old Armonie Booker and twenty-two-year-old Jaishawn Johnson were...
