Colorado Christian University Research Paper

Zorns, Kenneth

Session 1 Journal

In this reflection, describe an event or an experience in your life that will influence your academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University.

The event that happened in my life in which influenced and continues to influence my academic work and the goal I have set for myself at Colorado Christian University is the calling to serve others in a spiritual form is the vocation in which has lead me to this point in my life.

The journey on this path started in the summer of 2005, a team mate that I played softball with invited me to go to church with him on Sunday. I told him that I would go but really never found time ‘time’ to actually put forth effort into going. The next game he approached me and asked again if I would go

After the service I quickly obtained a Bible and search for that specific passage and read it, over the next weeks or so I began to exam the Bible passage by passage, I began to go to more services and gaining a better understanding of the Bible and its message. I then enrolled in many

Bible classes by mail. I felt a pull to become a helper in the spiritual aspect of life. The more I read the more I want to learn and understand and figure out on how I can apply what Jesus taught into my life. Then one day I felt a stronger call to the vocation of becoming a minister. I was born and raised in a strong Roman Catholic faith based family so my path begun in that direction and had brought me to the point of just calling myself a Christian.

I will apply what I learn over the next four years from CCU into my everyday life. I as a student enrolled to CCU to learn the theology of the Bible, become a strong Christian leader and how I will organize those who follow the faith in the right path of Jesus. I believe that CCU will help me in a clearer understanding of the faith and help me become a stronger leader in which will help me help our fellow Christians with their struggles in