Oct 11, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
Our wonderful comrade Aaron leads us in worship this week as we continually seek to hear anew and be transformed by the liberating message of the gospel. You are loved. You are welcome. We hope you…
In the 13th year of my life, I traded my straight A's, report cards, for packs of cigarettes.
Up until that point, I had been picked on and targeted by bullies in some nasty ways.
When I reported the behavior, the perpetrator got a slap on the wrist and came back, hunting me down with vengeance.
When I became too bored to sit still in school, I was punished by moving my singular desk to the front of the classroom, where I wouldn't bother any of the other students.
I breezed through every grade in elementary school, getting the highest marks.
In junior high, I decided that in order to be cool, I would stop caring about my grades.
I stopped turning in my homework, work I did but simply chose not to turn in for fear of that dreaded A. I gave up my identity of being smart because that identity hurt me through the choices of other people.
Freshman year of high school, I went to the smoking area with a new group of friends.
Here, kids who got cigarettes and joints through various means would skip class, hang out after school, and just smoke.
Even in my friend group, I was the fifth wheel, often the brunt of jokes and pranks.
In the 13th year of my life, I traded my straight A's, report cards, for packs of cigarettes.
Up until that point, I had been picked on and targeted by bullies in some nasty ways.
When I reported the behavior, the perpetrator got a slap on the wrist and came back, hunting me down with vengeance.
When I became too bored to sit still in school, I was punished by moving my singular desk to the front of the classroom, where I wouldn't bother any of the other students.
I breezed through every grade in elementary school, getting the highest marks.
In junior high, I decided that in order to be cool, I would stop caring about my grades.
I stopped turning in my homework, work I did but simply chose not to turn in for fear of that dreaded A. I gave up my identity of being smart because that identity hurt me through the choices of other people.
Freshman year of high school, I went to the smoking area with a new group of friends.
Here, kids who got cigarettes and joints through various means would skip class, hang out after school, and just smoke.
Even in my friend group, I was the fifth wheel, often the brunt of jokes and pranks.
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