KyKingdomKum

A modern parable about love, lessons, letting go, and recognizing what is suitable. What if the person who wasn't right for you was still part of your preparation? What if the relationships that ended weren't necessarily mistakes? What if some encounters were lessons? Some endings were protection? What if even the experiences that hurt were doing a work in us—and for us? The Heifer, the Chickenhead, and the Serpent was born from looking at the familiar creation story through the lens of process. Before the man recognized the one who was suitable for him, God brought every living creature before him to see what he would call them. He encountered. He observed. He named. And then, at last, he recognized. Maybe there is something in that for us. Maybe understanding process gives us permission to let go. To stop carrying the bitterness of an experience and receive the betterness of the work it produced. To appreciate what an encounter taught us without needing to hold onto the per...

  Out of the Eater, Something to Eat Is Availa ble Now There are stories we tell because they happened. Then there are stories we tell because, years later, we finally understand what happened. Out of the Eater, Something to Eat is that kind of story. When I was eighteen years old, a photograph was taken during booking. At the time, it was nothing more than another moment in what I believed was the end of my life. I had no idea that one day it would become the cover of a memoir. This isn't simply a story about prison. It isn't simply a story about mistakes, consequences, or survival. It's a story about hindsight—about looking back and recognizing what I couldn't see while I was living it. The title comes from Samson's riddle: "Out of the eater came something to eat." Sometimes the very things that seem determined to consume us become the place from which life, wisdom, and hope emerge. But something unexpected happened while I was writing this book. I thou...