A Sign From God
“Meeting you was a divine encounter. I’m living on trust, too.” Jacob grinned, as if my existence validated his life.
Prologue
For the month of February, each writer’s post will begin with the same line, which we’ve borrowed from Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. All this happened, more or less. They left me alone in the cabin. Josiah and Charlotte, teenagers of neglect and meth and...
Thumbs Up, Then And Now: Hitchhiking Stories From The Road
He got in the car with young pregnant mothers, a grandmother, a Vietnam veteran, a police officer, a pastor, a criminal, a bunch of teenagers and even a man who used to be a meth cook.
Interview with Traveling on Trust writer Josh deLacy
Eliza: Do you think being young and white made it easier for you to get rides? Josh: Yes. Especially being young and looking even younger.
Calvin Alum Replaces Stereotypes with Faith in Small-Town America
If you want a radical way of getting a practical education, Josh deLacy ’13 has a formula worth considering: It starts by strapping a 55-pound pack on your back, emptying your wallet and hitting the open road.
Sound Off! Interview (Part 2)
The second half of NewsTalk WJRW 1340 AM’s interview with Josh deLacy (after the journey)....Hitchhiker travels on trust
Josh DeLacy is hitchhiking across America. He’s brought no money, is avoiding all major roads, and is discovering what rural America has to offer.
The End
A Volkswagon Beetle never picked me up. Neither did a Mini Cooper, nor a PT Cruiser, nor a Porsche, Jaguar, Beamer, etc. Ironically, I never rode in a VW van, either.
Rushing to a Wedding
I dropped my pack over the barbed wire fence, followed by my sign, and then the sandwich and iced tea my last ride had given me. Dusk had ended half an hour ago, and right now, a spot behind the only tree in sight looked like a good enough place to pitch my tent. The...