About Me

I came into a conscious faith in Jesus Christ when I was 17 years old and such astounding love transformed my life from that first moment. For better or worse, I have been Christ-ridden ever since and Christ is my passion.

The church I was attending was Evangelical and when I felt called into the ministry I went to a local Bible College and received my B S. in Bible. Needless to say it was ultra-conservative and I left with many unanswered questions still in my head. It must be by nature that I was always seeking to push beyond my own small circle of faith. I just couldn't quit asking questions about the inerrancy of Scripture and about what was necessary for salvation in Christ, among many other things.

After graduating, I did mission work for three years overseas, returned and went to numerous seminaries, from the right to the left, for several years and finally, after too much heartbreak and confusion, I threw my faith away altogether...or so I thought... so I tried. At that time I had been an Evangelical Christian for thirteen years.

Oh yeah... I also began actively drinking and drugging again which is why I finally went to my first AA meeting. But there in big, bold print, in the 12 steps of AA, was the word G-o-d and I was horrified. I was horrified because, as I was taught, affirming God again meant affirming a bunch of detailed doctrine which I could no longer do and if there was a God, I Hated God!

But through the love, patience and wisdom of AA I eventually came to believe that it was never God I hated, it was merely the distorted image of a god who valued doctrine over people...a god who punishes people in hell that had never even heard the name of Jesus Christ, much less know or experience his love...a god who forced people to play the game of life (nobody chose to be born) only to sentence the unbelievers to eternal damnation. That god, I never came back to.

It took years for my faith to slowly resurrect from God...to Christ...to love... to passion again. I eventually went back to seminary (liberal) and completed my M.S. in Religion. I am now able to appreciate the rich heritage that Liberal and Evangelical theology both bring, quite literally, to the Table. Many questions still remain and I hope they always do. The peace of Christ to us all.


Larry