Chapter 8 - Walking
An Adult Faith
This morning, we are replacing the front door of Helder’s cabin. He originally used a solid wood door since he preferred natural materials. We are replacing it with a metal insulated door with full insulated glass...
A Quiet Life
Helder lived alone now, a quiet life. Not sparse exactly, for he was curious about many things but simple. His one-room Kentucky-style cabin mirrored his character, like well-worn hiking boots reveal the person...
A Spiritual Mutt
Curiosity was the primary motivation for the life Helder lived, and his life evidenced that. He was known as an Artist, a Mapmaker, a Carpenter, an Architect, a Builder, and a hospice chaplain at different times...
A Drop in the Bucket
At the beginning of my conscious spiritual journey 55 years ago, I believed that my purpose in life was to be a student of god...
Thanks and Gratefulness
While tying up the tomatoes to the field fence—they were already waist high—it occurred to Passerby to ask Helder what he asked Her to do for him when he prayed...
Violence
Spending time with Helder on the front porch of his Kentucky-style cabin overlooking the meadow —wisps rising as the morning sun warms—was to be at peace. He expected nothing from me...
Experience...the First Leg
Passerby, In your seminary experience, did you run across the ‘Three-legged Stool’ analogy?” “No. I missed that one.”...
Do What’s in Front of You to Do.
Passerby asks, “Father, how shall I know what our Lovely Lady, the Holy Spirit, is asking me to do?” Helder replies, “I, like you, had many gifts to offer and such great plans as a young ‘believer,’ ...
Battwa Lessons
In 2004, we were honored to spend time with the Battwa people, whose ancestral home is in the Impenetrable forest of Western Uganda and Eastern Congo...