Purpose Under God

Purpose without order can become obsession. Power without conscience can become corruption. Faith without action can become an excuse.

After surviving fifty-nine days on a ventilator, Walter T. Byrd Jr. awakened to a difficult truth: receiving another chance at life does not automatically make that life meaningful. Survival creates opportunity. What follows depends on the choices, discipline, faith, and responsibility a person is willing to develop.

In Purpose Under God, Byrd presents a candi...