Early Start

As long as I can remember, church has been a part of my life. Of course, growing up with it like that can make you tend to take it for advantage. I very clearly remember Pastor Morey (Dr. Robert A. Morey) for some reason. I can't really remember all that he said, just that he made an impression.

I guess the next pastor figure who made a real impression on me was Pastor Ken Mick. Truly a man of God. I watched him struggle for years to light a fire in our church. It was kinda like watching someone try to light a camp fire in a thunderstorm. However, of all the Sunday school teachers, my Christian home schooling, etc., he was the one who has stuck in my head and heart all these years.

I was saved at 14 and baptized. Looking back, I said the words and meant them, but I didn't really understand what it meant to live it. Being a teenager in the throes of that hormone saturated time of life, living up to Christian ideals was almost impossible for me. Try as I might, I just couldn't seem to walk the walk.

So, around 17 I pretty much gave up. I decided it was time to walk my own walk and do my own thing. I never stopped believing in God or salvation thru Jesus Christ, but I wanted to do my own thing. So, off I went.