The Freshman

It feels weird to be in school again. In high school I couldn’t wait to get out of school. In fact, I kinda didn’t. I convinced my parents to let me graduate as quickly as possible, so I was out of there when I was 16 years old.

My spiritual life in those days was pretty solid, save for one very sharp thorn, but I was looking towards youth ministry or music ministry as a vocation. I really didn’t see the need for a strong college presence in my life. I was already getting paid by a church as a youth ministry intern and felt well on my way. What could community college teach me about Christ that I couldn’t learn on my own? Besides, the only “college” that was really pushed in my spiritual realm I viewed as a bit of a joke at best and spiritually unsound at worst. The “college” had some good points to it, but the legitimate negatives far outweighed (and still do) the positives.

So I dropped out of community college after a semester and a half. This is after I was put on probation… seriously… how does one get put on probation at a community college… ha!

Anyway, life continued on; marriage blossomed, kids were conceived, careers were started. Over the years I have struggled to find my niche. I have worked in the armpit of society (the printing industry), spent 18 months on staff at a young church plant, tried my hand at radio, attempted to start my own company (twice), and now find myself moving up in a fortune 50 company.

Over the past three years specifically, God has been molding me for something I never would have imagined… Something that requires great commitment and great preparation, so much so that I have been moved to go against what used to be ingrained in the fabric of my lifestyle and personality… I have gone back to school…

So much more can and needs to be said… So i’ll say it all in due time here at this corner of the web that Blake Thompson so graciously has leased to me.

See you around…

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