I am a beloved child of God, a follower of Jesus, a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and friend. I believe with all my heart that God desires that everyone accept his love and will chase them relentlessly, and I want to be a part of that chase. I want to be a part of helping people be set free, both from the power of sin, and the power of guilt and shame in the name of “tradition” or “religion” or whatever you want to call it. I want to walk with broken people, and help them see that their brokeness is a big part of what makes them beautiful.
I am easily excited. I love to get people to rally behind a cause, and I love to share what I love with others, hoping that they will love it too.
I love spending extended amounts of time in silent prayer, and I enjoy learning different spiritual disciplines. I also love going on and leading people on retreats centered around silent time with Abba, and finding more knowledge and love of self (in a true way that leads to the giving of self, not a false way that leads to a insecure selfishness) and God.
I love to have fun, and need to be physically active to remain emotionally healthy... and I like that.
I love being outside.
In the past I would have said that I was introverted, but lately I have been seeing that I have more of an extroverted side than I thought (a personality test we had to take my first semester at Talbot actually said I was more extroverted), but I still need time alone, and have come to embrace my introvertedness instead of feeling like it is something I must change if I am going to be “in ministry.”
I am in the midst of being transformed by the loving Spirit... and will be for the rest of my life. “Ever forming, never formed.”
Peace
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