10 Years

Chris —  January 5, 2011

2000 –  Sang in My Fair Lady.  Graduated High school.  Went to Kamp Koinonia for the last time.  Went to the Warped Tour.  Finally had a girlfriend.  Delayed College for family reasons.

2001 – Left for Harding University.  Served as a Youth Ministry intern in East Texas.  Started as a music major.

2002 – Mission Trip to Dry Bones.  Traveled to New York for Choir Tour.  Served homeless people dinner on Friday nights.  Worked with inner city kids on the weekends.  Struggled with music major.

2003 – Dry Bones internship.  Made closer friendships than I knew possible.  Got my heart broken.  Met my best friend.  Co-founded Outreach America at Harding University.

2004 – Life falls apart because I thought I could be a music teacher.  I did write a rocking academic paper on the history of Punk Rock.  Failed music major.

2005 – Took a trip to California where I witnessed a vibrant, young artistic urban church.  Realized that I had failed to make meaningful relationships with the people I loved the most.  Tried to make up for that.  Started Graduate School.  Moved to Atlanta.  Received life changing mentoring.

2006 – Stayed longer in Atlanta and had beautiful friendships.  Started therapy.  Moved to Austin as a church planting apprentice.

2007 – Poor and lonely, gave up on role in Austin.  Accepted position at megachurch in San Antonio.  Mission trip to Mexico.  Started small group with great friends.

2008 – Valiant efforts made.  Innovative outreach at church.  Two phenomenal roommates.  Heart broken again.

2009 – Position at megachurch came to an end.  Unemployed for 7 months.  Tood advantage of deadtime and traveled to China, India, Uganda, France and Nicaragua.  Ran half marathon.  Moved to Austin.  Got job at a mall.  Joined Vox Veniae.

2010 – Began Apartment Ministry.  Ran full marathon.  Spoke at a camp in California.  Tried online dating.  Switched from car to bike.  Paid off all debt.  Restarted graduate school.  Got paid to write.  Asked to leave by Apartment Ministry.  Wallowed in existential crisis.

Wrote a blog.

2011 –

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