“…When it comes to the normal rhythms of life, I am a husband and father. Darlene and I are walking though life together; we are best friends. We work hard to make our home a sanctuary where our kids can thrive. Ours is a noisy house of prayer—if prayer is about living openly and freely before God and others. Our children are also on pilgrimage with us, meeting friends from all over the world, from refugee camps on the island of Malta to the Vatican in Rome. Bree is in French immersion and has always wanted to visit all the orphans in Africa; she gets it from her mother. Luke took Spanish in kindergarten, more recently has been listening to Arabic lessons through his earphones, and wants to stand on the Great Wall of China and dance under a full moon on a Sahara dune; he’s global like his parents. Nate will skydive like a falcon into pretty much any situation anywhere, no matter what the cost, repercussions, or fallout; he gets it from his father…”

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