Cedarville Magazine, Summer 2021

If someone would have told me 30 years ago that I would be staring at a computer screen every day to meet with people, I would have laughed. Cedarville did not even have CedarNet at the time, and I had to walk to a computer lab to write a paper. Yet, this is how much of my life is conducted now. If someone would have told me 30 years ago that the men I hung out with then would still be the men I hang out with 30 years later, I would have laughed harder. My friends 30 years ago were great guys, but it’s just difficult to envision three decades from now when you have only lived 19 years. Time brings many changes, but Jesus and my good friends have remained. Cedarville had taught me about both. Since the early 90s, Mike Heft ’93, Derek Gesler ’95, Kevin Parliament ’93, Tom Mathisen ’93, Paul McGrady ’93 and I have been friends. It started with the founding of Theta Rho Epsilon, a campus organization, but it has gone much further. We have been at each other’s sides for weddings, the birth of children, and new jobs. We have also been there for Time brings many changes, but Jesus and my good friends have remained. 20 | Cedarville Magazine