About me

It all started when…

I didn’t see it coming, of course—though I did want to be rich and famous. Or at least famous. More accurately, I have always longed for strangers to respect me. I was born into a family of really smart, really nice people. So I gained respect from strangers by excelling academically and being self-sufficient. I’m saying I had a longing deep inside, but I didn’t know how to fill it.

Then I was introduced to Jesus Christ, who was infinitely more worthy of respect, and yet gave Himself in service and as an atoning sacrifice for others. And I saw His image in people around me who were His followers. And I thought, if He is who they say He is, then I want Him to be my purpose in life. And so my highly-dysfunctional self became a Christ follower.

Over the years since, I have learned about the seasons of refreshment that come from repentance. I have pieced together a world view that makes sense to me. And I have determined that if Christ is Lord, then that means He takes priority over every opposing idea, every ambitious motive, and every inference of culture—even church culture. I want to know Him, to join Him in His death and resurrection, and to make Him known.

Then I met Ellen and found in her a soulmate who spurred me on and hitched her wagon to mine. Together we have discovered how to communicate, how to love in deed, how to become a family, how to welcome strangers, and how to walk with other believers. She is truly my better half, and she puts into practice the things that I think are sound theories. In short, I am a dreamer, and she is a doer, and together we have done more than either of us could ever have dreamed.

So, here we stand, decades later, testifying that the journey has been worth it. I have regrets over mistakes, but being a disciple of Christ was the best choice I ever made.