There are certain points in the faith journey that resonate with those who embark on it. Reading about the life of Oswald Chambers tonight I came across this gem: While in a church meeting as a college student he stood and said, “Either Christianity is a...
In 1980 I made my first trip to my pastor’s office seeking counsel. I cried as I told him about my boss, a married man I had known for 3 years in my workplace who was flattering me, courting me like a love struck adolescent boy…. I was tempted. And I was ashamed....
Bill Byrd, who passed from this physical life into his true life in eternity with the Lord on August 6, 2020, was raised in Dearborn, MI, an only child, an only grandchild, and an only nephew among his immediate family. He did have a number of Byrd family aunts,...
Recently, I was driving on one of those overcast on-again-off-again rainy days and came upon a scene near the road of a marshy swamp of cypress trees….It was a dreary scene… dark, still, ominous, and hardly inviting. Yet, I saw a beauty in it that I had...
Christianne Squires writes about attending a celebratory weekend with other spiritual directors. It’s theme – “Bless the Broken Road” – celebrating and gathering around a theme of vulnerability! She shares one participant’s story of having sat...
