Shawn D. Congleton

WE are ONE

We are one. We are united. We are Team United. That was our mantra when I was a youth pastor. Our youth group theme and title was Team United. I love team sports and I wanted our youth group to reflect this idea that we were a team that was united by our love forContinue reading “WE are ONE”

An excerpt from Never Settled: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood (Ch. 1)

“Get up you lazy piece of sh*t!” my father yelled. I woke out of a deep slumber, startled and quickly wondering if I was about to get pounded. My father had a propensity for violence. I was always afraid of him. He was a big man. I was a little guy. “What the h*ll areContinue reading “An excerpt from Never Settled: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood (Ch. 1)”