By Way of the Wilderness

Pansy (1841 - 1930) and Mrs. C. M. Livingston (1832 - 1924)

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.

Genre(s): Christian Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction (1578), family (197), christian (178), forgiveness (14), stepmother (4), bullying (3), stepbrother (1), harrassment (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Revelations TriciaG
00:22:16
Play 02 He Meant to Be Good TriciaG
00:19:19
Play 03 "If Only --" TriciaG
00:19:57
Play 04 A Crisis TriciaG
00:21:41
Play 05 Apologies TriciaG
00:19:32
Play 06 Enid TriciaG
00:20:14
Play 07 A Fateful Letter TriciaG
00:21:58
Play 08 The "Upper Deestrict" TriciaG
00:19:55
Play 09 "I might be a Fool" TriciaG
00:18:47
Play 10 "Wayne Lorimer Pierson" TriciaG
00:18:08
Play 11 "Bethune Breckinridge Armitage" TriciaG
00:19:56
Play 12 The Way Out TriciaG
00:22:51
Play 13 Progress, and Problems TriciaG
00:21:00
Play 14 "Sarah" TriciaG
00:21:08
Play 15 "Do you really mean it?" TriciaG
00:22:43
Play 16 A Counterfeiter's State of Mind TriciaG
00:21:48
Play 17 Educating a Conscience TriciaG
00:20:04
Play 18 Conscience Salve TriciaG
00:21:22
Play 19 "Who is Sarah Jane?" TriciaG
00:22:31
Play 20 The Demands of Decency TriciaG
00:23:24
Play 21 Whither? TriciaG
00:19:50
Play 22 A Land Not Inhabited TriciaG
00:20:37
Play 23 "I will fear no Evil" TriciaG
00:21:13
Play 24 A Weary Way TriciaG
00:21:33
Play 25 "All that is left of him" TriciaG
00:22:10
Play 26 By the Way of Peace TriciaG
00:19:52
Play 27 "The Lord thy God hath led thee" TriciaG
00:20:20
Play 28 "By a way that they know not" TriciaG
00:23:47