When I was growing up in a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod home in southern Minnesota, there was no way I could have foreseen where I am today. As I write this first post, I have begun the process of learning Hebrew and am looking forward to the new year, 2007, when I will begin a two-year process of training to possibly become a messianic rabbi … or messianic minister, if you prefer.

It’s been a long journey. My religious convictions began to change in college, when I became “born again” through Campus Crusade for Christ. After trying to stay in the LCMS but finding it incompatible with my new beliefs, I floated for many years, trying new churches on for size.

I’ve attending everything from Assembly of God to Evengelical Free to Southern Baptists and General Baptist Conference to Christian Missionary Alliance Churches. They were all pleasant, all part of a growing experience, but none felt like home.

Until I came across the messianic movement. I’ve been a Torah-observant follower of Messiah Yeshua for around seven or eight years now. It hasn’t always been easy. But now that I find myself headed down this path of possibly becoming ordained someday, I really wanted a place to put down my thoughts on the matter, whether they relate to that journey or seem to stray way off topic.

Come along with me! I’m sure I’ll write plenty more in the years ahead.

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