From the Projects to the Pulpit
God's Grace is Sufficient
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Chapter 2 Introduction of Drugs and Alcohol
Out of all the days of my life to this day, this next day is one I would love to take back. You know how you want God to turn back time and let you live a day over. I was eleven years old when this happened and I will never forget what I call the tragic day of my youth. Well, this is the day that my next door neighbor introduced me to marijuana. He was two years older than me. I hung out at his house most of the time because it was somewhere different and they were our next door neighbors. He was smoking a rolled cigarette and I said what is that smell? "He said this is a joint." "I said what is a joint?" "He said try it." Without thinking, I smoked some and immediately started coughing. That was one of my life-changing experiences. By smoking that joint, I believe that is when I lost my soul for seventeen years.
Chapter 7 Finding God After the Drug Ride
After being in treatment for seven months in outpatient status, my childhood came up. I mean what my mother had taught me about Jesus Christ and God surfaced. I was invited to Forest Glen Gospel Fellowship by Fred. Fred was in the military at
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In this book, Author, Father, and Minister Derrick Miliner discusses his life. Miliner presents how he grew up in the south and how he learned to use drugs and alcohol at an early age. The projects were a place he started hanging out at the age of thirteen. From the Project to the Pulpit describes the life of decisions that led Derrick to:
- The projects
- Drugs and alcohol
- The Christ his mother introduced him to early
- The calling to ministry
- The pulpit
Each chapter describes his life in detail and how God moved him to depend on strength, hope, and love. Derrick gives details of how he overcame the several addictions that a lot of young black males are faced with. Drugs, alcohol, and womanizing are some of the most abused issues for young black males growing up in the south.
About the Author
Derrick Miliner, Minister of Religion, Federal Government Employee, College Graduate and a 21 year recovering drug and alcohol addict. In addition to serving the church in evangelistic ministry, Derrick’s life is balanced with a ministry of serving the church with preaching and teaching.
Derrick started his professional career as a dishwasher in 1973 earning $1.67 an hour, moving to janitorial, street and gutter cleaner in the summer youth program. Enlisting in the Army in 1978 helped him obtain discipline which started to open his eyes to substance abuse.
Derrick earned an undergraduate degree in Health Care Management from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Campus, and a graduate degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland University College, College Park Campus, and a Certified Lay Ministry Theological Education from
Derrick is a native of