The Light, the Thunder, and the Rain. But mostly the Light. A Pilgrim’s Odyssey is your daily dose of hope navigating family, faith, and living free. Silouan Green, The Pilgrim’s Odyssey host, began to find his own answers after a tragic jet crash on an epic 23-month, over 20,000 mile motorcycle trip. Since then, he has taught thousands to take positive action in facing the trials and traumas of life. Life is complicated. Where are you going?
Episodes
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Take a minute today to reflect and pray. May these words from James Garfield and Olive Wendall Holmes sober you. May the life of Lt. Michael Murphy and the sacrifices of Gold Star families inspire you to rededicate your life to the kind of daring and hope that overcomes evil. Honor the dead, with the renewed destiny of your life. May your celebrations today, lead you to the dedication and sacrifices our heroes inspire us from the grave to make, and may we be found worthy successors of their eternal example.
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Today in Part 1 of our Memorial tribute, we remember who we honor and remember this weekend, those who died serving our country in the United States Armed Forces. We remember what they died for, and the responsibility they have given us to keep our country a place worth dying for.
Today's program isn't an easy one, but I believe it's a necessary one when never before in our country's history has a smaller percentage of the population served in the Armed Forces.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Pope John Paul II, Bill Hybels, Father Herman, and Ravi Zacharias were all heroes who fell. When your hero falls, how do we respond? When it's a family member or a leader of your faith, it can be a gut punch that seems unrecoverable.
Today's program reminds us that is exactly why we need our faith. We fall. It is an inescapable truth. Do not despair, there is hope in Christ because his resurrection was only necessary because we fall.
Let examples like these men sober you, and gird your faith. May they allow you to lean more on God, and remind you of the humility needed to cling to our better angels while avoiding the bitter demons of our fallen nature.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Our long-time KASH Eagles referee and referee scheduler, Mark Zook, passed away this week. He went into the hospital with abdominal issues, and passed away the next day. It was a shock.
I’ll remember Mark when I’m with the kids at practice. I’ll remember him when we are playing games at the historic basketball gym where we play, and he loved. I'll use his example when times are tough and I need to persevere, and during those same tough times to be thankful for the opportunity to serve all the children in our program doing something I love.
An Eagle has flown, to a place where there is no pain, where there is no sorrow. Farewell Mark, and until we meet again my friend. You were loved.
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
A golden nugget of truth today from the great Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and another example from my Grandma Toodles on the power of a well-worn bible.
Don't sell the gospel. Live it and let your light shine. Grace is free, but it isn't cheap. Don't make it look that way!
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Church should not be about the skill and coolness of the preacher, the size and magnificence of the choir, or the resources of the Sunday School. It should draw you closer to God and inspire repentance through its humility.
Today, I share a couple stories from old country churches and a garage chapel that taught me the essence of humility and service. And most of all, love.
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Joseph Campbell said we could not realize our potential following someone else's way. When we are looking to get out of a dark forest, what light will we follow?
If we are people of faith, does our life look any different Monday-Saturday than people who sleep in on Sunday?
To end up where we belong takes intention and clear focus. There has never been a better time to ask yourself the tough questions on the trajectory of your life.
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
The calling of a Christian is not an easy one. What can we do during this time of crisis to deepen our faith while being a witness to others. So many seem to be willingly entering the matrix, what can we do to shine a light and offer another way?
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
My eight-year old, Gabriel, asked me to talk about the fine line between the path to goodness and the path to darkness. It got me thinking about JRR Tolkien and Hitler, so I obliged.
Fear and Pride, the salt and pepper of sin. They will drive you toward the darkness and the antidote is humility.
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Rebecca Bryan Boone, the wife of Daniel Boone, is an inspirational woman and an example of the best we can inspire to be. She reminds me of my wife.
Why do we allow ourselves to take for granted the most important things in our lives? Why do we fail to remember the things that can sustain us when times are at their absolute worse?
Today, we learn some valuable lessons from the life of Rebecca Bryan Boone, and I give thanks to the woman who has read, fed, taught, and loved my children for the last 20 years.