Man, “about me.” That’s hard to express, if you think about it. I mean, I can tell you the nuts-and-bolts, but I don’t know if they’d give you a fair picture of the whole structure. There is a kind of pain to be known that I try to capture in “Revealed.”
But I should tell you something, so here goes. I am a disciple of Christ. I’m learning to walk with God, and am finding it to be the most extravagant adventure I’ve ever known. Painful, at times even agonizing, but glorious, too. The ecstasy, in fact, outweighs the agony. I’m 30-something and am married to an absolutely amazing and beautiful woman. I’ve worked in various ministry capacities and have traveled fairly extensively. I’m finishing up grad school and work as an intern counselor-therapist. I want to walk alongside Jesus to set captives free.
Ultimately, I want to go after the hearts of others, and for now I am in training (Luke 6:40) to learn what it is to first come alive fully myself, both in and out of the classroom, and then to offer that to others as I walk alongside Christ. My wife and I both desire to walk continually closer to the heart of God through this life and to express God’s heart and His kingdom through our lives in both worship and battle for His bride. I am learning to grow into and accept my primary identity as that of, like John the Disciple, “the one that Jesus loves,” as well as other names I have heard the Father speak over me in song and whisper to me in testing and initiation. I am a man fathered and befriended and learning to love and be loved in community with others.
My heart awakens to the reality that there is so much more with God. And that is, I suppose, what this blog is all about, the more. The daily initiation into the abundant life.
