6/12/2025
Are you at some kind of crossroads?
At any given moment, most of us are in some transition. So, the answer to the question above is probably yes.
And if that is true, the better question is, What crossroads are you at?*
While you are reflecting on that, let me tell you a little story about the journey I am on.
This story begins after we had arrived in San Antonio from Orlando after our Lake Hart Stint at Cru’s Global Headquarters. We had been assigned to the Destino team and were getting to understand the lay of the land. Our ministry focus was primarily Hispanic/Latino college students in San Antonio. The majority San Antonio culture can be a barrier to the gospel for many Hispanic students. We wanted to lower that cultural barrier.
There was a lot that I needed to learn. First was to stay out of the way. The idea was to platform others who were living out of their native Hispanic cultural context so the overall vibe of Destino would be welcoming for early generation Hispanic immigrants. In other words, I needed to learn to better create opportunities for others to lead in setting significant elements of Destino culture.
The gospel does not change. Biblical Christianity does not change from one culture to another. But people from different cultures are going to respond to the gospel in different ways.
So I needed to lean into my curiosity about other people. The more I did that, the more I learned how to learn about people.
That learning about others and how to get (and stay) out of the way went with me as I began meeting professors. Over time, it became clear that professors needed to become my primary ministry focus. And now, this summer, I am transitioning my leadership of the Destino SA team to someone else in order to be fully focused on helping create a network of Christian professors in South Texas beginning in earnest this fall. That’s really exciting to me.
And to go along with that, I am wanting to become someone who is great at knowing other people and being known by them. Networks are built upon relationship. Relationships are built on trust. Trust is built upon a foundation of knowing.
It’s actually pretty easy to know things about someone. Actually knowing them is a different story.
And so my journey has come to a crossroads that is clearly marked. The path forward lies in becoming someone who is great at knowing other people and being known by them.
Therefore, if you experience me differently as time goes on, please understand that I am doing my best to learn to walk in a new way. And that my desire to know you and be known by you is genuine.
* Borrowed from How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks.