Category Archives: 12 Steps

Being right

Posted on April 3, 2018 by jwfisch

Being right is way overrated. My wife, Marti, and I have an imaginary sign we pass back and forth to each other to hold up as needed. The sign simply says, “YOU’RE RIGHT; I’M WRONG.” That we frequently make use … Continue reading →

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Living in the ‘nevertheless’

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Terri main

Did you ever think that Jesus might have utilized the Twelve Steps of AA? It’s true. In the Garden of Gethsemane, the night Jesus was betrayed and arrested, He was well into Step Eleven. It’s just that the rest of … Continue reading →

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Push and pull in the garden

Posted on March 30, 2018 by jwfisch

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, … Continue reading →

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Conscious Contact

Posted on March 29, 2018 by jwfisch

Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. I had a Catholic friend tell … Continue reading →

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Setting your watch

Posted on March 27, 2018 by jwfisch

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. Revelation 1:3 I think Revelation should be required … Continue reading →

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Boot Camp, Entrepreneurship and the Book of Revelation

Posted on March 26, 2018 by jwfisch

I’ve been to a week of boot camp in Colorado Springs. Now before you have me crawling through mud, scaling fences and running miles with a 50-pound pack on my back, it wasn’t military boot camp I attended, it was … Continue reading →

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Reflections on 12 Steps from the “Bones”

Posted on March 16, 2018 by jwfisch

I hope you are taking advantage of our recent BlogTalkRadio podcasts related to the Twelve Steps that are listed and linked below. Our recent one with Robbie Goldman of Dry Bones Denver was particularly enlightening. Robbie works with homeless kids … Continue reading →

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Meeting sin head-on

Posted on March 15, 2018 by jwfisch

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Has anybody … Continue reading →

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Those darn snakes are still here!

Posted on March 14, 2018 by jwfisch

“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” John 3:14-15 I call this Christ’s version of John 3:16. It’s two verses earlier … Continue reading →

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God, as we are coming to know Him

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jwfisch

There are a lot of references to God in the twelve steps, and yet AA has managed to stay fairly clear of many of the controversies that go along with religion. They meet often in churches (because churches will donate … Continue reading →

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