A Man's Need for God
Our goal for A Man's Need for God podcast is to provide our audience the opportunity to hear authentic, and even raw, testimonies of faith, and from there, take a dive into people’s personal relationships with God, and how and why they Need Him. As a priest recently said to Dave, “we need to provide authentic, real testimonials, because a man could be in the depths of a trial right now, and he needs hope - and an authentic connection.” This is not so much theological, although we will speak in the Catholic or Christian context, but more, experiential, personal, honest, vulnerable and real. I want to hear how Christian men depend on God, not half-heartedly, but wholly, whether as a CEO, a politician, a recovering addict, a veteran, a principal, a coach and more, and how that plays out in their day to day life, the struggles they encounter, and the obstacles they overcome by loving God above all things, and making Him their center. I want to take the opportunity to create an environment of vulnerability and honesty, and not without some laughter, that helps people journey with our guests as they share the peaks and valleys of their lives, and how that today, God NEEDS to be the center of all that they do.
A Man's Need for God
Episode 8: Billy Burke
"I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." Matthew 25:36 Please welcome Billy Burke to this episode of A Man's Need for God. Billy was abandoned by his parents as an infant and left in a hotel room to the care of no one. He was luckily saved, but generational trauma followed Billy until he finally turned his life to God. Billy was eventually adopted, but it became a long road of being expelled from elementary school, in and out of youth detention centers, psychiatric wards, to eventually turning to methamphetamine and ending up in the New Hampshire State Penitentiary system. But one thing that never changed for Billy, from the moment he was conceived, to being left in the hotel room, to now, is that God NEVER left him - he walked with Billy, step by step, until finally, Billy fully joined the Catholic Church last year. God personally did this for Billy. As we head into Martin Luther King weekend, I hope this message is a reminder that ALL people are made in the image and likeness of God, and no matter someone's background, skin color, how they might look, or even their past mistakes, as Billy so humbly shares, these things alone do not define who they are, but rather being a child of God does. I pray in thanksgiving that Billy feels accepted and that he belonged in the Catholic Church, and thankful to God, for Billy's testimony. Please enjoy another episode of a Man's Need for God.