Wayne Pierson can’t remember a time when his life was easy. Enemies in the form of a stepmother and stepbrother have come between Wayne and his father, and now he is without a home. His one ally is his Aunt Crete, but even she can't be told everything. Wayne can never forgive the people who made his life a misery. But with his heart so full of bitterness, can there ever be room in his heart for Christ - or for real, pure love?
Some people, it seems, must go through life "by way of the wilderness" - through the really difficult paths, until they learn their own inadequacy and the pride is subdued, so that they can finally embrace the God they so need. - Summary by TriciaG
NOTE: The emotional abuse portrayed in the first few chapters of this story may be disturbing to regular listeners of Pansy.
Some people, it seems, must go through life "by way of the wilderness" - through the really difficult paths, until they learn their own inadequacy and the pride is subdued, so that they can finally embrace the God they so need. - Summary by TriciaG
NOTE: The emotional abuse portrayed in the first few chapters of this story may be disturbing to regular listeners of Pansy.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Revelations
22:16 - Chapter 2
He Meant to Be Good
19:19 - Chapter 3
"If Only --"
19:57 - Chapter 4
A Crisis
21:41 - Chapter 5
Apologies
19:32 - Chapter 6
Enid
20:14 - Chapter 7
A Fateful Letter
21:58 - Chapter 8
The "Upper Deestrict"
19:55 - Chapter 9
"I might be a Fool"
18:47 - Chapter 10
"Wayne Lorimer Pierson"
18:08 - Chapter 11
"Bethune Breckinridge Armitage"
19:56 - Chapter 12
The Way Out
22:51 - Chapter 13
Progress, and Problems
21:00 - Chapter 14
"Sarah"
21:08 - Chapter 15
"Do you really mean it?"
22:43 - Chapter 16
A Counterfeiter's State of Mind
21:48 - Chapter 17
Educating a Conscience
20:04 - Chapter 18
Conscience Salve
21:22 - Chapter 19
"Who is Sarah Jane?"
22:31 - Chapter 20
The Demands of Decency
23:24 - Chapter 21
Whither?
19:50 - Chapter 22
A Land Not Inhabited
20:37 - Chapter 23
"I will fear no Evil"
21:13 - Chapter 24
A Weary Way
21:33 - Chapter 25
"All that is left of him"
22:10 - Chapter 26
By the Way of Peace
19:52 - Chapter 27
"The Lord thy God hath led thee"
20:20 - Chapter 28
"By a way that they know not"
23:47