“The whole way up, I shared with a captive audience everything that had happened. I told them about the officer, telling me that my awful record would land me a spot in jail for a long time. Then I told… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I felt so lost in my addiction, I believed that no one was capable of understanding or helping me. I thought I was uniquely… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“That’s when it finally hit home—God is not a pile of bricks or a collection of outdated rules—He is a living, breathing, Being. No… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I didn’t realize that there would always be something influencing my decisions and weighing in on my life. At this moment weed was calling… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“Common sense told me that I didn’t want to lie to my family constantly, steal all the time, and drug myself into a coma.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“If you use sex whenever you want with whomever you want, you’re treating it like trash, like it means nothing. Imagine a piece of… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“As I sat on the floor in the corner of the concrete block, it felt as if the last domino had fallen in my… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I was no longer missing a piece. Jesus had taken all my insufficiencies, washed them away, and filled the very core of my being… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“God could not overlook the plight of the orphan or the widow, the victim of genocide, war, or rape; He could not turn His… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I’d been so used to the court system and thinking of myself as a criminal. I’d been so used to pleading in abeyance, proclaiming… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I tried to think and hope for the best, but it didn’t change who I was. It didn’t change my core, my desires, my… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“We live in a world full of contracts. When someone fails to meet the outlined terms of the contract, we seek a better suitor.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“Perhaps life’s simplest and most frequent mistake is to take who we are for granted in our anxious anticipation of who we might be.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
