Three-dimensional puzzle

"Growing up, my dad never made us go to church. It just wasn’t part of our life,” said Ryan Warrior.

“I came to Christ the King to work on the outside of the building.” Ryan wasn’t looking for Jesus. “But the people I met were kind and welcoming and they had a sense of peace. I was jealous of that. I wanted that peace. I was going through life thinking about everything here on earth. There is only so much here. I knew there had to be more.”

Ryan was reluctant to attend church. He was worried he would be judged. “But my wife Lisa kept telling me that I needed to come. She was persistent!” he exclaimed. “Eventually I started coming to worship, and then I attended Deep Dive Bible study. I wanted to learn. I discovered that to get the peace I wanted, I had to understand it first. You realize that faith isn’t a two-dimensional puzzle, it is a delicate three-dimensional puzzle you have to hold gently in your hands. When it falls apart, you start again.”

Ryan is grateful for the opportunity to ask questions and wrestle with his faith at Deep Dive. “It has helped me to realize that there is so much more to life; it’s like having a daily epiphany. I was so blind, but now I see how God is at work in the world. I had questions, but now they have turned into convictions.” After attending the Deep Dive study on the sacraments, Ryan asked to be baptized and became a member of Christ the King.
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“For years, the people I knew threw up their hands. They just gave up. But I know there is more. When you give yourself up, when you start learning, it starts making sense. I want my friends to know what I know. You just have to trust, be patient, and peace will come.”