So, there I am, sitting with a good friend of mine at Starbucks, enjoying his company (man, I don’t know how, but lately, the ice and cold have started to affect my attitude!), and then I remember, “Oh man! I haven’t written out my goals for what I expect to get from Home Group!” I fully intended to do so, and well, I just procrastinated and forgot! So far, all I’ve got is the first one I sent in an email, which reads: “. . . that we can trust each other enough to pour our lives into each other”. What I mean by that is simply this: I want to be able to tell something personal about my life, whether it be a struggle, temptation or even just how I’m doing emotionally, and know that 1) it’s gonna stay within the group; 2) that it’s not going to kept in a mental file somewhere to be pulled out and used against me later and; 3) that I will continue to be loved and unjudged based on what I’ve shared.
Another goal I have for 2007 is . . . and that’s as far as I have gotten thus far (yeah, I’m sunk!) . . . oh yeah: I’d like to make more of an effort to get together one-on-one with some of my Home Group members for fellowship, whether that be over a meal, a movie, or just sitting and talking over a cup of our favorite beverage (non-alcoholic, preferably!).
A peek into my mind, to hear the thoughts of a 40-something single male as he walks this planet called Earth.
John M. Kirton II
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My Story
- John M. Kirton II
- I attended public school for two years and private school for the remainder of my education. After graduation, I attended Bible college in Dallas, Texas, for four and one-half years consecutively. Unfortunately, I failed a class and was unable to graduate with my class but God enabled me to re-take the course and I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Bible and minors in Youth Ministry and Biblical Languages in 1994. After failing the aforementioned course, I had continued attending a church but began to falter in my faith. It was during my second year after my Bible college years that I was introduced to the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), where I became a member and was involved for twelve years. It was not until my twelfth year that, after much prayer from my parents and closest friends, Greg Faure and Wayne Stiles, I became convinced that the ICOC was a religious sect. In June, 2000, I left the ICOC and became a covenant member of The Village Church in Highland Village, TX, in April, 2004.
