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...
by Joe Garrison | Aug 23, 2024 | Politics, Words with Joe Garrison
My daughters walk in the front door from playing outside. “Hey, did you guys know the neighbors are voting for Donald Trump?” with concern in their voice. The kids had all been talking politics while playing. We respond casually, “Yeah, we assumed.” “But why would...
by Joe Garrison | Aug 20, 2024 | Words with Joe Garrison
I pick at my beard when I’m anxious. It’s why I’ve never tried to grow a beard. I can’t. There are patches in my beard where I pick it. I’ve been anxious my whole life, I guess. As a kid, I would get sick to my stomach every morning when it was time to get on the bus....
