The Miracle of Life

Jul 18, 2004 Print This Post

{ MOOD: OK | NOISE: Jed doing Evangelism Training }

It was beautiful, really. We were standing on the edge of the ocean, the waves rolling in over our ankles. The kids were playing in the surf. Just then Eric began to find little crabs in the sand. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7…he kept tossing them into the bucket. All of the kids ran over to witness these cool little lives.

As I stood there, looking over the ocean, I was thinking how cool it was that my kids could learn about the miracle of life here and how precious it is. I glanced over to see Ethan (my three year old) pouring sand on top of the crabs and crushing their helpless bodies down with all of his might. Yes, the miracle of life…smooshed into a pool of death by a three year old.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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