Halfway There24 Helmi 2020

180: Cyd & Geoff Holsclaw and the God Who Likes You

Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw are Vineyard pastors in Grand Rapids, MI. Cyd is also a spiritual director and life coach, and Geoff is affiliate professor of theology at Northern Seminary. Married almost twenty years, they have two teenage boys love going on road trips together. Cyd and Geoff recently published Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be with Us. Today, they share the story of first encountering God, meeting one another at just the right time, and learning that God really wants to be with us. The road was a little different for Cyd and Geoff but ultimately led them both to awareness of God’s desire to be with them. Listen to Cyd & Geoff’s story!

Stories Cyd & Geoff shared:

Cyd growing up in Grand Rapids, MI and needing to leave a quickly as she could
Geoff grew up as a “friendly fundamentalist”
The covenant theology that made Cyd feel as if God was about the larger community not the individual
How Geoff moved from a more legalistic faith to a personal relationship with God
Teaching kids about Judges and how that shaped Cyd’s view of God
Geoff going through the Sermon on the Mount and how the Lord spoke to him on the beach
Cyd shared how losing her mom in her late 20s was a disorienting season
When Jesus played hide and seek with Cyd
How Geoff learned through pain and what God taught him
Moving to Chicago to go to seminary
Pastoring together in Michigan
Cyd leaving her ministry position and learning to be not do

Great quotes from Cyd & Geoff:

How do I find this God that I’ve heard about but haven’t known? (Cyd)

Reading the Bible through the lens of “God always wants to be with us” changes the whole story. (Cyd)

Jesus can be fun! I had never known Jesus can be fun.

It’s not a sin problem; it’s a separation problem.

God is the one overcoming all the barriers keeping us from him.

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