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Faithwalking & Russell Price


Russell Price is one of Faithwalking’s most recent graduates. Here’s what he said about his experience.


The combination of the material, the personal reflection time, and small group encouragement and prayer offered in the Faith Walking retreat made it a life changing experience for me.


Russell is the Marketing Solutions Systems Manager for Texas Instruments and an active member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church. He and his wife, Stephanie, are parents to a nine-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter. He is one in a long list of folks who have described Faithwalking as a life changing experience.


What is it about Faithwalking that makes it life changing? Here are some answers given by other Faithwalkers:


There’s a safe place to talk about the areas of my life that are not working, areas where I’ve become resigned and cynical about things ever changing;


The leaders are authentic about their wounding and the journey to obedience that they are on;


There’s a lot of solitude time where I went deep with God; I had deep encounters with Him;


Though the retreat is powerful, there is a follow up process that holds me accountable for putting in practice the things I learned;


I got breakthrough tools that impacted my marriage and family in ways that nothing else has;


It’s not about me being a better person; it’s about me having more tangible impact for God’s Kingdom in my home, neighborhood and workplace;


Mission is described as a team sport; that was both threatening and empowering for me.


Here’s the rest of Russell’s testimony.


I learned that Christian relationships are for more than just accountability around sin management but are the basis for sharing a common mission. The Lord also used Faith Walking to reveal personal emotional wounds that were holding me back from being radically obedient to Christ. Now I understand myself better and how to be a disciple of Jesus who is on mission in the world.

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One person’s perspective... by Kent Major



Kent Major is the President of Alpheus Communications, a telecom and data center company with about 100 employees. He and his wife, Caroline, are a part of Grace Family Baptist Church and together they attended the most recent Faithwalking retreat. Here is his testimony about his experience.


The Faithwalking retreat was an amazing experience. I’ve been blessed to attend numerous Christian conferences and be exposed to much good, biblical teaching over the years, but never have I been part of a group that was invited to look so deeply into the condition of our own hearts and to consider -- in an intimate setting -- what might be holding us back from becoming more radically obedient disciples of Jesus.


It will be some time before I can evaluate the long-term fruit of the retreat, but I have high hopes. With the concepts, tools, and follow-up that Faithwalking provides, I’m left with no excuse for not engaging in the “heart” work that will result in a greater capacity to love and serve both God and my fellow man. The facilitators are not just good at running retreats but are top-notch folks who are committed to living out what they’re teaching; I was challenged by the radical decisions they’ve made in their own personal lives.


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My Faithwalking Experience by Shawn McGlothlin

Shawn participated in the most recent Faithwalking. He is 38, married and father to three young children. He is employed at Texas Instruments and is a member at Grace Community Bible Church in the Richmond area.



Faithwalking was a significant event for me. This was the best conference/retreat that I have ever attended. Organized, engaging, personal, Biblically-based, challenging, full. My brain was so tired when I left Sunday afternoon that I think my neck is sore from the extra weight of information shoved into it. Interestingly though, while my brain was tired, my heart is still overflowing from the same overload – it doesn't feel tired, but more like finding a room full of treasure and not sure where to start cataloging and organizing. 

I got two powerful things from the retreat.


First, I uncovered a deep vow that stands in the way of me being what God designed me for. Somewhere along the way I decided that I will not be messy with people because being messy hurts and is bad. This was a big surprise for me but I was able to see how it has been rooted and reinforced in multiple events over my entire life. Its like I am ok knowing people at the surface, but if going below the surface means tension, conflict, or seeing my flaws, then my vow rears up and asserts itself.

Here is one example of how this vow torpedoes God working in and through me. Several years ago at my church someone said, "You are the glue that helps us stay connected." As I interacted with people I was seen as bringing people together. And I was. It was good and I liked it. But as soon as that was said, my vibrations started. All of a sudden, what I had done so freely was now a burden and anxiety-producing. I heard in that phrase (the glue) that I was being asked to commit to be there for people. Well, my self-talk started – "people are messy and I can't commit to being messy. I'm just glue now because everything is smooth and easy. Wait until someone has a real problem and then they will be looking to me. I can't handle that kind of pressure." So I backed off and stopped being what was so beneficial up to that moment – it conflicted with my vow. So where do I go from here? I think that one thing is just realizing that I have this vow and it must die for me to be all that God wants. I'm starting there, but I know that killing it won't just happen by verbal rejection, I will have to obey God against my vow in order to truly put it to death.

Second, God birthed in me a desire be a catalyst for mobilizing the Body of Christ at Texas Instruments. I have no idea how to do that. And I absolutely know that it will be messy (even writing it creates butterflies/vibrations in my stomach). But what choice do I have? I can serve my vows, money, comfort, convenience, independence – and continue in mediocrity and worldly thinking. Or I can take off the blinders, take off the masks, and follow the LORD of All who has never let me down and who promises to meet all my needs. Sounds so logical on paper. Now if I could just find the easy button. Oh wait, that would mean I was going back to comfort, convenience, independence… So that's why the Way is hard. Its not because He's mean, its because it's the only way to truly be free.

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