The day Chris Yaw accidentally killed a man will forever haunt him. It was November 2014, and Yaw, a 61-year-old vicar, was living in his old home in Detroit with his wife and children. One morning, Yaw came outside and saw that Kenny, his friend and gardener, had been trapped by the garage doors, which were made...Read More

Honoring Maryann By Chris Yaw As you have certainly heard by now The Hyacinth Fellowship lost its founder, president, volunteer executive director, gifted spokesperson, and biggest supporter on April 1st 2023. As a Board of Directors we have experienced this devastation in our own ways, filled with the bittersweet emotions of loss and pain yet...Read More

The great psychiatrist Karl Menninger found himself answering questions from a reporter. ‘What’s the leading cause of mental distress?” he was asked, “I mean, what’s to blame, in most cases, for a person to be institutionalized?” “That’s easy,” replied the Harvard-educated doctor, “I see it all the time, it’s a person’s inability to forgive themselves.”...Read More