Telegram Road - Series Preface

Conversations on the Road to Righteousness

When I was in my twenties, my mother and I used to load up my old Chevy S‑10 with our luggage and our two Golden Retrievers and head out on long drives across New England. Once the dogs settled into their spots and the hum of the highway smoothed out the morning, our conversations always drifted toward God — not in a hurried, devotional way, but in those long, thoughtful stretches that only happen when the road is open and the day is young.

Those drives shaped me. They taught me that the journey toward righteousness is not a sprint, but a steady walk in the right direction.

It feels fitting, then, to begin this new year with a section of the website that honors those talks — not as nostalgia, but as a framework for a deeper truth. Jesus once said that the road to destruction is wide and easy to find, but the road to life is narrow, and only a few discover it. This series, Telegram Road, is about that narrow road. It’s about the long obedience that shapes a soul. It’s about the detours we take, the grace that pulls us back, and the faithful God — Elohim, the covenant‑keeping God — who refuses to abandon the work He begins in us.

To bring this journey to life, I’ve created a fictional pilgrimage inspired by the spirit of those conversations with my mother. In this story, two friends — Devon and Sofia — are leaving behind years of addiction, homelessness, and brokenness. They attend the same church, and when a senior member passes away, he leaves them a home on the West Coast with a single request: use it to help others who are walking the same hard road they once walked.

So they pack up their truck, settle their dogs in the back seat, and begin a cross‑country journey toward Eugene, Oregon, where they will open a community home called Samaritan Lodge. Their mission is simple but profound: to offer the gospel of peace to those who have been battered by life but still long for God. Their journey is not just about relocating — it’s about stepping into the good work God has been preparing in them for years.

As you follow Devon and Sofia down Telegram Road, you’ll hear the kind of conversations that happen when two people are finally ready to face the truth about themselves, about God, and about the long, narrow road that leads to life. These are not polished sermons. They are road‑worn reflections — honest, steady, and shaped by the belief that God finishes what He starts.

Enjoy the ride.

The road is long, but the destination is worth every mile.

Ready to start with the first season of telegram road?

Step onto the narrow road with Devon and Sofia as they leave behind the lives that broke them and begin the journey God has been preparing all along. Season One invites you into the first miles of their pilgrimage — a story of surrender, healing, and the quiet symphony of the Spirit that guides every believer who chooses the way of life.

Begin the journey. The road is waiting.

The Parable of the Symphony and the Conductor

The Spiritual Unity From Harmonious Worship

There was once a young musician who believed he understood music because he could play his instrument well. Every day he practiced alone, perfecting his notes, polishing his tone, and convincing himself that mastery meant isolation.

One afternoon, he wandered into a great hall where an orchestra was rehearsing. The sound overwhelmed him — not because it was loud, but because it was whole. Violins, cellos, horns, flutes, drums — each playing a part he could not have imagined on his own.

The conductor lifted his baton, and the entire room breathed as one.

The musician felt something stir inside him — a longing he didn’t have a name for.

After the rehearsal, he approached the conductor and said,

“I want to play like that. I want to feel what they feel.”

The conductor smiled.

“You already know how to play your instrument,” he said.

“But you have not yet learned to listen to the symphony.”

The musician frowned. “How do I do that?”

The conductor lowered his baton and replied,

“When you play alone, you hear only yourself.

When you play in the Spirit, you hear the whole orchestra.

And when you hear the whole orchestra…

you finally understand the Composer.”

From that day on, the musician didn’t just practice — he listened.

And slowly, he discovered that the music was never about his instrument alone.

It was about the harmony he was created to join.

The Symphony on the Narrow Road

SEASON ONE — CLOSING REFLECTION

The Narrow Road, the New Song, and the Symphony of the Spirit

The first two episodes of Telegram Road trace more than a journey across the country — they trace the awakening of two souls who finally stopped living as isolated instruments and began hearing the music God had been composing in them for years.

In Episode 1, Devon and Sofia stepped onto the narrow road with trembling hope. Their past was still close behind them, but so was the God who had never abandoned His handiwork. They began to sense the quiet rhythm of grace, the steady pulse of calling, the first faint notes of a symphony they didn’t yet know they were part of.

In Episode 2, they faced the truth about the hollow loves that once left them starving. They named the emotional winters, the shifting moods, the houses built on sand. And in that honesty, something broke open — not in despair, but in clarity. They stopped trying to resurrect dead trees. They stopped replaying the old songs. They chose the narrow road together.

And then came the turning point —

the moment the broken tape became a beginning instead of an ending.

The moment “Come Together” became “Work Together.”

The moment the past lost its power to define them.

This is where the parable speaks.

The musician who learned to hear the whole orchestra mirrors their story — and ours.

We begin as soloists, trying to survive on our own thin melody.

But the Spirit — the consuming fire, the true Conductor — invites us into something larger:

• the Vine that makes us one

• the Body that gives us purpose

• the Symphony that reveals the Composer

Devon and Sofia didn’t just start a road trip.

They joined the orchestra.

They didn’t just leave their past behind.

They stepped into the harmony God had been preparing.

And as this first season closes, the truth becomes clear:

The narrow road is not walked alone.

It is walked in rhythm with the Spirit,

in unity with God’s people,

in the music of a life finally tuned to grace.

The next season will bring new miles, new conversations, new lessons.

But the symphony has already begun.