Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 3: Finding Your Name, by Will

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 3: Finding Your Name, by Will: I've given a lot of thought to it, and talked with Aaron a bit, and I'm in agreement with him, I'm not going to be sharing my na...

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 3: Finding Your Name, by Will

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 3: Finding Your Name, by Will: I've given a lot of thought to it, and talked with Aaron a bit, and I'm in agreement with him, I'm not going to be sharing my na...

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Inflicted

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Inflicted: This whole experience is an interesting one for me. Again, I'm calling this the misplaced wound, and so I'm going to be writing abou...

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Aftermath

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Aftermath: At this point I began to change. I still did my young adult and teen work, planning lessons, leading discussion, organizing events, and both...

Pr. 18.24: Lord, who do you call me? Part 2, by Aaron

Pr. 18.24: Lord, who do you call me? Part 2, by Aaron: In my previous post I mentioned that our group started a journey to find a NEW name. We went on a journey to find that name that the Lord h...

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Set up

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Set up: Sorry this is a day later than the normal schedule. Yesterday ending up being a pretty rough day, and I would greatly appreciate the prayers...

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Set up

Fighting Lions: The Misplaced Wound, Set up: Sorry this is a day later than the normal schedule. Yesterday ending up being a pretty rough day, and I would greatly appreciate the prayers...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Healing Part 2: Back Again...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Healing Part 2: Back Again...: For the first time in my life I got the summons, report for jury duty. I called the night before and I had to report the following day. I le...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Healing Part 1: Let it Go

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Healing Part 1: Let it Go: This one was rough, and healing didn't come easy. I was angry, at a lot of people, but specifically at the one lady from the church. For...

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 2: The Confirmation Ceremony, By Will...

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 2: The Confirmation Ceremony, By Will...: Since I started this whole quest for identity, I've wanted a ceremony. This is strange for me, because I hate being the center of attent...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Impact

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Impact: The church gave me two months severance pay, and let us stay in the parsonage for two months. I had been looking for a new job, but in compl...

Pr. 18.24: Lord, who do you call me? Part 1 by Aaron

Pr. 18.24: Lord, who do you call me? Part 1 by Aaron: What do Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, Yahweh, Jehovah, and El Olam have in common? They are all different names for God. Elohim means Creato...

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 1: Quest for my Name, By Will

Pr. 18.24: Journey Part 1: Quest for my Name, By Will: "and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it." -Revelation 2....

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Aftermath

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Aftermath: Once the wound was inflicted I began to withdraw. As a result of the meeting with district leaders at the request of the one lady who had it...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Inflicted

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Inflicted: The most important person I had at that church was leaving. He led the youth group, drove the van to pick up kids, his wife led music and th...

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Setup

Fighting Lions: The Young Pastor Wound, Setup: It was Easter Sunday 2011, and I stood in front of the sanctuary delivering my first sermon as a lead pastor; I was 24 years old. I had been...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Healing Part 2: Back where it Hap...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Healing Part 2: Back where it Hap...: I had stepped back on a wrestling mat, and even interacted with my former coach, but God had not finished His healing work on this wound. I ...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Healing Part 1: Back on the Mat

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Healing Part 1: Back on the Mat: After I decided I was done wrestling, I never thought I'd step on a wrestling mat again. I went to a college that didn't have a wres...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Impact

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Impact: Wrestling had been a huge part of my life. It taught me how to push through obstacles, made me physically and mentally strong, and it taught...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Aftermath

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Aftermath: I was in a weird place. There was no point in going to practice anymore, and so I'd go if I felt like it, which I really didn't. I i...

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Inflicted

Fighting Lions: The First Wound, Inflicted: That year had been rough, both wrestling and life. On the mat I was cutting a lot of weight, working out before school, at practice, and at ...