The Gathering Storms – by Greg Albrecht

Life is a storm.  In one moment we feel the sun on our face, and then in the next a dark fog accompanied by a driving rain and hail rains down on us.  Few times, if any, in my life of almost 75 years, compare with the sheer, exhausting and unrelenting intensity of these past few years.   In 2012 a Texas band called Uncle Lucius recorded “Keep the Wolves Away” – its lyrics soulfully lamenting life as a wilderness journey in which the daily grind of sickness, pain, bill collectors, hunger and the desire to be loved are metaphorical challenges to be overcome, lest the wolves have their way with us. Few times in my ministry ...