I got the opportunity to spend some good quality time (about 3 hours) with my Home Group leader, who is also my accountability mentor. We hung out at a Starbucks, I talked, he listened, we got a movie, and he served me leftovers! We invited another brother from our home group to join us. After the movie, I sat there in Scott's music room, listening to him and Lance just strum on guitars. I am relaxed, not thinking or concerned about anything, just enjoying what I consider good music. I think I could listen to these two for hours.
Thank you, God, for good friends, food, comedic movies, music and Mountain Dew! Thank you for having Scott really listen to me in my attempt to explain and express myself.
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.
