Episode #86
Practical Faith Academy – Season 6, Episode 10 – Donald Williams, Faith, Purpose, and Generational Change
Donald Williams is a Christian author, musician, and educator who shares his experiences as illustrations how following God’s will shapes your life. The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith. In this episode, Williams explores how a foundation of faith and his own personal pursuit of God’s will led him in unexpected directions. He also shares the pain of his son’s crack addiction and the joy that followed when his son turned his life around and became a pastor. Along the way, Williams gives us many nuggets of wisdom on leading a faithful life. Highlights of the podcast: 2:36 Why it’s important to put our faith into practice 4:30 How Williams sees Christian faith changing the way one lives 10:07 Your mindset dictates your approach to life 17:17 How his faith changed from the experience of his son becoming a crack addict and how a miraculous event saved his son’s life 27:40 How prayer helped through this experience 30:36 The difference between faith and absolute trust 35:24 His best tip for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith 36:54 How to find his book Donald Williams shares his story of faith, purpose and generational change on his website, IAmDonaldWilliams.com. You can also access it directly at https://sites.google.com/view/iamdonaldwilliams/home . Among other attractions on the site, Williams plays and sings his own gospel music on site, including a song dedicated to his grandfathers called “The PawPaw Song.” Williams offers that you can speak to him and his wife personally, or speak to his son Zach, about their experiences with Zach’s crack addiction. Just use the email address on his site. I’m Cecil Taylor – award-winning author, speaker, blogger, and of course, podcaster. I’m focused on teaching Christians to live their faith and represent Jesus every day of the week. Everything I offer for your faith journey can be found at the same starting point: https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com . Please visit and find ways to enrich your daily walk. For regular, free assistance for your faith journey or your parenting journey, please sign up for my free newsletters, either on the main ministry site ( https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com ) or my parenting site ( https://www.UnisonFamily.com ). Simply scroll down while visiting either home page to find the registration form. On CecilTaylorMinistries.com, I offer Ministry Connection (practical faith tips plus updates on my ministry) and Backstage Pass (an insider look at the behind-the-scenes of my life and my ministry). Backstage Pass also chronicles my writing journey as I release my latest book, “The 40-Day Spiritual Soak,” during 2026. On UnisonFamily.com, I offer the Unison Parenting newsletter. I’m joined by parenting experts to provide useful tips and thoughts for parenting children of all ages. I also offer Instant Content curriculum to small groups and adult Sunday School classes, as I mentioned on the podcast. Go to https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com and click on Books & Videos at the top of the page. In particular, prepare for Christmas with my Advent video studies, “The Misfits of Christmas.” You can purchase with options for an individual or for a small group or adult Sunday School class. For proven parenting advice that shows how you can raise high self-esteem children to mature, independent adulthood while staying aligned as parents in a harmonious family atmosphere, please visit https://www.UnisonFamily.com . That’s my parenting site, also accessible from the main site. Thanks for listening to the podcast! Please subscribe to be notified about future podcasts. You can also find dozens of prior podcasts with great guests and topics by searching for Practical Faith Academy.
