Certified - The True Story of David Harris
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Chapter 16 - Choose Life
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My friendship with Helen grew slowly. We often hung out together as mates. I was friends with quite a few of the amazing women from church, but as tim...
Chapter 15 - Loving Connections
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One night I had an unusual dream. I dreamed I was back in Ballarat, in the house full of drug users and I was dealing again. A homeless guy turned up ...
Chapter 14 - The Power of the Cross
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With day after day of long and lonely strict routine I believe what they say, ‘A change is as good as a holiday.’ Within a few months that change ...
Chapter 13 - Backsliding
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I had walked through a door that I did not even realise I’d been searching for. That door was Jesus and walking through that door I discovered somet...
Chapter 12 - The Meeting
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Our house was guarded by three mongrel dogs. Sly was a huge black Rottweiler pup, big paws and playful, yet fearsome because of his size. Sly was a ha...
Chapter 11 - Struggles for Freedom
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I woke up as usual on the day of my release, only to be quickly overcome by nerves. It was October 1987, I was twenty-four and it felt like I was just...
Chapter 10 - End of the Line
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lock up was four pm. That’s sixteen hours of self-time. Everything slowed down once again, but this time it was not chemical, rather just the long s...
Chapter 9 - Unraveled
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I had little around me to give me hope for anything more than the ongoing purposeless life that I had, day in, day out. As the months rolled by the in...
Chapter 8 - In the Nic
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My case came to trial after three long months on remand. The evidence against me was pretty much watertight, so I figured the best thing I could do wa...
Chapter 7 - Captivating Spirits
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Hard drugs were difficult to get in Perth. We were poorly connected and without a regular supply, so we used whatever drugs we could score. When we co...
Chapter 6 - Westward Escape
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The decision to skip bail and head interstate was a pretty easy one to make. Simon and I chose to part company for a while; Rick and I were drawn toge...
Chapter 5 - Avoidance
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Prison at night once again brought with it the ritual of the tent of filth covering the nearby bed. I found it hard to sleep with regular interruption...
Chapter 4 - Custody Challenge
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My heart was pounding. My eyes narrowed in on the knot in the timber table in front of me. My knuckles turned white as I made a clenched fist. I tried...
Chapter 3 - Deserter
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I was one of thirty green recruits at Kapooka, the Army Recruit Training Centre, near the inland city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. All of us were ...
Chapter 2 - Stirring Rebellion
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom at last,’ I announced to no one in particular, as I jumped out of the warm, modest four-door sedan and took off. The drive to Ocean Grove fr...
Chapter 1 - Sliding
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The windows of the stolen ute were down just enough to let our cigarette smoke escape. We sped away from where we had been stranded in Collingwood—t...