My faith journey started in the summer of my sophomore year of college. I went to a Christian school but still hadn’t grasped exactly what a relationship with Jesus meant. I decided to go on a summer-long mission trip in Chicago where college soccer players came together to coach soccer camps and teach local children about Jesus. While there, we got to
I had never had a tattoo before and didn’t know if I would ever get one either. After my cancer treatment and all of the incredible events that happened during and after my treatment I felt very compelled to have my “faith” in the Lord ever present for me. I came across a tattoo design that had a cross and a cancer
After graduating from high school and leaving for college, I slowly began drifting away from my faith. Distractions like school and work took priority over God. Many of the habits I’d built up—reading the Word, praying regularly and engaging in community with other believers—had faded away. I was left feeling lonely and confused. My overall attitude had changed completely. I became shorter
I became a Christian at the age of 32. All my life, I thought God was mad at me because of the lifestyle I was living. I thought I had to be perfect. I thought people in the Bible were perfect. And I thought God was going to punish me sooner or later. So, I never opened the Bible to read it.
Francine came into my life when she and her husband moved from International Falls to Minneapolis. They left the city they knew, along with their friends and families. I could relate to how lonely and lost that can feel. We, too, had moved to a new city in 1995. I remember my first meeting with Francine. We were at a coffee shop.
The kingdom of God is made up of many nations, tribes and tongues. While the U.S. is a melting pot of different people and cultures, it’s easy to miss the unique way God works in our lives when caught up in the grind of day-to-day life. When I turned 30, God invited me to step out of my daily routine and join
In March, at the start of the pandemic, I was laid off from work. Immediately, I prayed and asked God how He could use me. I was speaking with a local ministry partner of Wooddale Church when they mentioned that the demands to feed people experiencing homelessness in south Minneapolis was growing. They needed help. Realizing God was answering my prayer, I
Over the past 10 years, God has put men in search of Him before me, that I may bring them to know Christ and help build a relationship with Him. I’ve had the opportunity to work with men in their teens through men in their 60s, men struggling with issues in college to men who are powerful CEOs. Some simply want to
