Everything Changed for Big Dog // October 1, 2020
Marlon “Big Dog” Brown joins guest host Jeff Patrick to tell his story of living homeless on the streets of Memphis. Big Dog grew up very poor in a home without running water. His mother died from cancer when he was nine, leaving him to a physically and verbally abusive step-father. Although he excelled in both athletics and academics, his feelings of abandonment and worthlessness contributed to his using drugs, drinking, and criminal activities; forfeiting a four year scholarship and landing him in jail. It seems like he was living in a revolving door repeating the same mistakes and bad choices, until he began to read the Bible to prove that Christianity was false. That’s when everything changed for Big Dog. Jeff Patrick is a staff pastor at Memphis Union Mission.