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In the preface to Trail Thoughts, I describe my early life of career building as a pursuit of the youthful dreams common in those times: “…I was drawn to Manhattan because of its magnetic energy, its endless promise and its aura of mystery.” But while the initial trajectory of my life seemed to be aimed at the upper reaches of success, the reality was just the reverse. Nineteen years after beginning my climb to the top in New York, I found myself bankrupt in Bridgeport.
There would not be much more to say if the story had ended in that place, but in the midst of the turmoil of my failure, I experienced very real miracles. For as my prospects dropped from poor to nil, one door after another opened up, freeing me time and again from danger and destruction.
Freedom from despair and ruin is a good thing, but rebuilding a new life on the same old tattered assumptions is quite another.
Since I now believe that the hand of God was behind the miracles in Bridgeport, I also have come to see that God graciously steered me away from the destructive principles that landed me in trouble in the first place. Soon enough, I began attending church after years of absence. And even more significantly, I began reading the Bible on a daily basis. >>Read More