“The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listen to these murmurs that one hears the truth” – Gaston Bachelard (Hughes 60). This quote so wonderfully encapsulates the reference that Pearce (149) makes to a book titled The Cross and the Swithblade and the books author David Wilkerson.
David was a country preacher from Pennsylvania (Phillipsburg) who founded Teen Challenge (1958). Teen Challenge is one of the oldest, largest and most successful faith based recovery programs of its kind in the world. As of January 2002, at the beginning the 45th year, there were 178 Teen Challenge programs in the United States and another 150 in other countries around the world. (http://www.teenchallengetc.com/index.html) In addition to founding Teen Challenge he also founded Times Square Church in 1987. This church serves ever 8,000 people, representing more than 100 different nationalities ( http://www.tscnyc.org/about_us.php) Your reading this and thinking, there she goes again on her religious soapbox – just hang with me!
During an evening of prayer (preparation) Dave Wilkerson picked up a Life magazine. He had been restless (mind chatter) and wondered what he was being directed to do (intuition /hunches). Dave felt God drawing him (incubation) to the picture of the seven boys who were on trial for murder. At the time, David said the felt as thought he received clear instruction (illumination) to go to New York City and help those boys. Mr. Wilkerson’s (verification) came with the founding of the previous mentioned programs. David Wilkerson listen to the murmuring heard his truth…
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