Ed Donnally
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To Hell and Back Again
Bill and Annette Wiese have been changed forever by 23 minutes of unthinkable horror. When Bill Wiese says he’s been to hell, he isn’t using a metaphor. He says he saw and felt its horrors for precisely 23 minutes. At exactly 3:23 a.m. on Nov. 22, 1998, Annette Wiese awoke to her husband’s screams. Rushing …
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Taking Jesus to the Fringes: The Fatherless Generation
It's 11:30 p.m. and a Hope for Homeless Youth (HHY) ministry team gathers on Hollywood's teeming Walk of Fame for its regular Friday outreach. They'll pass out food and ministry information, witness to hundreds, and invite each young person to return and enter their one-year discipleship program. As usual, Director Clayton Golliher will sleep in a nearby parking lot, his sleeping bag a few feet from several dozen homeless youth.
"They're a product of the breakup of the American family," he says. "More of them are throwaway than runaway. Some love the freedom, but most have been abused and rejected."
(Photo: Clayton Golliher with homeless youth in California)
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The Fatherless Generation
Charisma went to the streets to report on Christians who are using innovative ways to make Jesus real to atheists. This article shares the story of Clayton Golliher, who found his mission field among the homeless teenagers of Los Angeles. It’s 11:30 p.m. and a Hope for Homeless Youth (HHY) ministry team gathers on Hollywood’s teeming Walk …
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He Went to Hell and Back
Annette Wiese awoke to her husband’s screams, only to find that Bill had spent 23 minutes in a fiery pit that many people, including some Christians, don’t believe exists. At exactly 3:23 a.m. on November 22, 1998, Annette Wiese awoke to her husband’s screams. Rushing down the hall of their Santa Ana, California, home …
