I am excited to return to MI for graduation, the 20 Year Anniversary Celebration and to teach the class on Leadership and Prayer. The area of prayer and prayer ministry was a foundational piece to my calling into ministry as a vocation and I have learned the value of prayer in the formation of my pastoral leadership. I look forward to being with you and sharing some of my experiences.

T.L. grew up in Kansas and Colorado where he started dating his future wife in high school. He has been married to De since 1985 and they have been serving in ministry together since 1997. T.L. and De have two adult children, Tyler and Lena.

T.L. is an alumni of MI where he graduated in 2014. He currently serves as the pastor of Carefree Vineyard Church where he and De accepted a call in 2018.

Previously, T.L. severed as Associate Pastor along side Paul Sorensen when they planted Hope Church in North Phoenix in 2008.

Both T.L. and De are Certified Spiritual Directors having completed the two year program from Sustainable Faith. They enjoy leading others in the prayerful conversation of Spiritual Direction.

About Leadership and Prayer, May 26th and May 27th:

Leadership is a very challenging thing, especially in the context of church and ministry. Prayer is an essential part of a Christian leader's life and is the practice that keeps us open to God and how He is leading us as an individual as well as the church or ministry we have been called to lead. 

Required Readings:  

1. Benner, David. Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer. InterVarsity Press, 2010

2. Read the book of Nehemiah looking for the ways prayer influenced his leadership