Almost 20 years ago, I took a leap of faith and joined a small men's group birthed from a Chapelwood UMC Sunday School class. Over the years, our group has been through births, deaths, graduations, organ transplants, divorce, relocations, surgeries, addictions, job losses, weddings, and plenty of other painful and joyful times as well. Our group has also seen many spiritual, church, and even denomination conversions but our one consistency has been the 8 men who have stuck together and supported each other over this 20-year journey.
One of the best decisions our group ever made was to join FIND in 2018 for further group support and to be part of a larger, powerful and impactful ministry. It has been awesome to come alongside other men who are also walking with Christ. FIND has been an incredible resource to support our spiritual growth and transformation as disciples of Jesus Christ. In joining FIND, we chose to brand ourselves as the “Sons of Light” (SOL’s) as referenced in John 12:36. "While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." Many years later, that verse would become the cornerstone of my faith.
In 2021 post-COVID, our family moved an hour North of Houston to an old, abandoned farm in Willis, TX. My band of FIND brothers welcomed me to stay involved in our weekly study via phone and video. Our move was not to escape Houston but to create a destination for others to visit. We now host all types of events, weddings, kid's parties and also have an on-site AirBnB at “Our Happy Place Farm”. We've hosted our men's group there, and would love to host any FIND Men's group, too.
Our groups dove deeply into the Word and also into books that gave us greater insights into the Word. Books like “BE: A Way of Rest” (Stern) and “Imagine Heaven” (Burke) have been transformational for our group and individual growth. These two books and so many other books that have been vetted by all 37 FIND groups are located on the FIND Bookshelf on our website. I am now authoring my own book titled, "From Faith to Fact, How Quantum Physics and NDEs Scientifically Prove the Bible is True." It is a work in progress, but I hope to have it out by the end of 2024.
One revelation I can share is that Jesus being 'the Light of the world' is not a metaphor. His light is also love, pure unconditional, infinite love. His light is also embedded in every single atom that makes us up. Einstein proved we are pure energy and the Holy Spirit helps us harness that embedded Godly energy to come alive and active within us. When we do this, it changes everything. It enables us to bring more Heaven on Earth as we become Sons of the Light.
I am thankful to God the Father, that I have the SOLs to encourage me and hold me accountable. I hope if you are reading this and your are not yet in a FIND small group, that you will ask one of us about it or click on the “Interested” button atop the FIND website. What a blessing it has been for me and my journey into deeper Trinitarian intimacy and richer fellowship with my small group brothers.”
Tim worships at First Baptist Church, Conroe and leads a team of foster home mentors for The Champion Project through Restoration Church Wood Forest . He is married to his lovely wife Becca and father to three amazing kids (Jackson, Nicholas and Julia.) Tim graduated from the Texas A&M University and is the Managing Partner of Fortify Experts a cybersecurity advisory and executive search firm.
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