End of an Era
Today is the last day of my twenties. Because I’m both obsessively self-absorbed and nostalgic, I thought I’d take a look back at all the things I’ve done in the past decade.
- Moved into a house with 12 guys (Iuka!)
- Got an editorial published in the OSU newspaper that angered a lot of my friends
- Made a terrible relational mistake
- Took a job with the OSU Athletic Department
- Spoke briefly at GCM’s national conference
- Dropped out of ministry with New Life Church
- Graduated from OSU with a Theatre Degree
- Turned down a full time position with the OSU AD to move back to Toledo and help lead Unbound, a ministry to college students
- Discovered my preaching gift
- Fell in and out of love
- Realized my call to ministry
- Made lifelong friends
- Took up photography
- Traveled across the country with Scott
- Received a vision to plant a church
- Enrolled at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Boston
- Nearly lost my mind the first semester
- Worked out a lot and got into great shape (those were the days)
- Spent a summer in Yosemite National Park
- Fell in love with Breena
- Asked Breena to marry me
- Got mono
- Married Breena
- Impregnated Breena
- Graduated from Gordon-Conwell with an M. Div and received an award for preaching excellence
- Watched Cyrus come into the world
- Failed at planting a church
- Took a job at a megachurch and moved to Columbus
- Impregnated Breena again
- Watched Eisley come into the world
- Quit my job
- Accepted new position at same church
- Impregnated Breena a third time
All that in ten years. It was a decade of becoming, and I’m grateful to God for his faithfulness to me. I look forward to the next ten years with hope and expectation.
Love this list. I fondly remember that article and how upset I was. “Andy, why aren’t you getting on board with the vision?!” We’re both 30 now, it’s time for me to say: You were right. I was wrong.
Well done on a triple impregnation.
Joel E.
Great list, I’m glad to have been included in one or two.