In May of 2020 my family received news that would change all of our lives. News that would plunge us into some of the darkest times that we have ever experienced. This is our story of disappointment, despair, rehabilitation and hope.
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Jodi, I’m scared…
I remember how I felt on that night. It was February of 2020 and we sat as a family around our kitchen table playing a board game. A knock on the back door sparked in my mind a memory that a thoughtful church member was coming by to deliver a Valentine’s Day present for my… Read more
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18% Chance
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you. The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day. Psalm 139:16 MSG After three months of continued pain in my back and weakness in my legs, the doctors… Read more
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Ampho, the Terrible
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the… Read more
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Round Wing
We were hopeful that the new medicine regimen would cause the infection in my spine to subside. We were hopeful that the new regimen for pain management would result in my increased functioning. It did not. Over the next 4 months my condition would continue to deteriorate. I would routinely be struck with waves of… Read more
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Bethesda
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. John 5:2-3 When I was 11 years old my doctors at Vanderbilt introduced us to… Read more
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Is this Hell…?
My memories of returning home are spotty at best. I remember arriving at the house on a cold February evening. Some dear friends, Tommy and Dylan had driven us home from the airport in Nashville. It was so good to see some familiar faces and after a month or so away it was good to… Read more
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Jeremy Powell 