**At the end of this episode, please forgive my growling stomach and the stomping of my children on the floor above me during the guided meditation! This Podcast happens in real life, friends.

Jim Simpson (https://thewayjourney.com) is a longtime friend and a country gentleman with the fundamental christian background that's so familiar to so many of us. Enjoy his southern drawl as he tells the story of a strict father, a "magic prayer" conversion experience, all the way to his time in the Marines, meeting his wife, and planting churches. As a wonderfully ordinary and relatable human being, we trust you'll find his story compelling as well as his courage in telling this (somewhat) secret story out in the open. We will close with a meditation of gratitude toward those who've helped us along our varied paths.