Although I was raised in the church and had a knowledge of God, I didn’t embrace Jesus until I heard gospel preached and lived out by some Young Life leaders. God has proven faithful and good to me since that day, even in great suffering and loss. I have learned to treasure Romans 8:28 as a wellspring of hope and truth.
God has blessed me with an amazing wife (Olivia), three sons (Micah, Hudson and Owen) and a daughter (Emmaline). Growing up in the northwest, the thought never crossed my mind that I would have four children who are native Texans. Despite landing in the south, I still watch Notre Dame games with my children every Saturday in hopes they will land at my alma mater.
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I know this is an old post but this is a really helpful graphic. I find it interesting that even in ‘new’ communities there can be so much old culture in people that the transition for people and communities to a missional culture is a fight. Consumer culture does not go away even when you feel like you make the transition, it continues to drag back on people’s desires (especially at crossroad periods – eg. marriage / kids etc)
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