by Drick Boyd | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured
Discovering Engaged Spirituality During the summer I turned 17, I made a conscious decision to become a follower of Jesus. In the language of the evangelical context in which this happened I “gave my life to Christ.” While for me, the decision was not particularly...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 29, 2020 | Featured
Note: I continue my series on books shaped my life, while sheltering in place due to COVID-19. I share the story of a man who showed me where to find Jesus. I also offer a mediation for this time when we are contending with the COVID-19 pandemic. Arriving in Jersey...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
During the week I was on my seven day silent retreat, several pivotal world events occurred: the Supreme Court decisions preserving the Affordable Care Act and the legalization of same-sex marriage; the coordinated bombings in France, Tunisia and Kuwait;...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
As I indicated in my previous posting, I recently participated in a seven day silent retreat at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Wernersville, PA. After the first four days I was floundering, feeling bored and a bit stressed about the whole experience. However on...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just over five years ago on a very cold January afternoon I was arrested along with six others for blocking the entrance to Colisimo’s gun shop on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. We were there to call attention to the store’s complicity in the straw...
