Stinkin' Thinkin'

I met with a friend this week to discuss a book project he wants to work on. Fr. Ray Strawser is an incredible man with an amazing life story. He's given communion to the Queen of England and washed his mud covered car in water from the Vatican's fountain (the water was blowing over the fence, so he pulled a rag out of the car and wiped off the mud from the Alps.) He served as a chaplain with soldiers on the front line in the Vietnam War and has counseled people for years who've been abused and addicted.

The doctors have told him that his bone cancer is terminal. He doesn't know how much longer he has left, but I'm sure the Lord has given him enough.

We're going to work together to put together at least one book that's written for all of us who have what he calls "Stinkin' Thinkin'". Stinkin' Thinkin' is thinking that puts you down and makes you keep making the same bad choices. It puts his 13 counseling steps into play in people's lives. Fr. Ray is also a poet, so the way he explains things with analogies makes them easier to understand and beautiful to read.

This will be an amazing book holding a lifetime of Godly wisdom! (I just pray that the Lord keeps me from messing anything up.)