Still learning.
Still growing.
Still grateful for grace.
We’re Greg and Karen. We’ve been married for more than 35 years, and over the years God has given us far more than we could have imagined: two daughters we deeply love, friendships we treasure, a church family that has shaped us, adventures we never expected, and more than three decades of marriage filled with both joy and refinement.
It is what Jesus Christ has done in our lives.
God had something better for us.
Like most couples, we entered marriage with expectations, habits, weaknesses, dreams, and plenty we still needed to learn. We experienced good seasons and hard seasons.
There were moments when things seemed to be going exactly as planned and others when God used disappointment, failure, financial pressure, pride, fear, and uncertainty to expose areas of our hearts that needed to change.
For a long time, it was easy to believe that if we could simply make good decisions, work hard enough, and keep everything moving in the right direction, life would turn out the way we expected.
God had something better for us. Not necessarily easier. Better.
He began teaching us that real peace does not come from controlling our circumstances. It comes from surrendering our lives to Him.
Faith became something we lived.
Our faith in Christ gradually became more than something we believed. It began changing the way we lived.
It changed the way we thought about marriage. About parenting. About money. About forgiveness. About serving others. About our time. About our future. And ultimately, about who owns everything we have.
That truth has become foundational for us. Our lives belong to God. Our marriage belongs to God. Our family belongs to God. Our possessions, abilities, opportunities, and remaining years belong to God. We are stewards, not owners.
Marriage has a way of revealing what you would rather keep hidden.
Pride. Selfishness. Impatience. The desire to be right. The temptation to keep score.
The gospel confronts all of that. Jesus did not love us because we deserved it. He loved us while we were sinners.
And when you begin to understand the grace you have received from Christ, it becomes much harder to justify withholding grace from the person standing across the room from you.
Forgiveness became more than a Christian idea. It became essential to our marriage. So did humility. So did repentance. So did learning to say, “I was wrong. Will you forgive me?”
We still need all of those things. Frequently.
One of God’s greatest gifts to us.
God blessed us with two daughters, Kaley and Kara. Being their parents has been one of the greatest privileges of our lives.
Like most siblings, they had seasons growing up when they were inseparable and seasons when peace negotiations probably should have involved the United Nations.
But watching them become women who love Jesus has brought us a kind of joy that is difficult to put into words.
There are many things parents naturally hope for their children. Success. Health. Opportunity. Strong relationships. But there is nothing we desire more deeply than for our family to know Christ and walk faithfully with Him.
Following Jesus was never meant to be done alone.
God has also used the local church in profound ways in our lives.
We are grateful to be part of The Church of Eleven22, where we have grown in our understanding of Scripture, served alongside other believers, developed meaningful relationships, and learned more deeply what it means to follow Jesus in community.
We need people who will encourage us, challenge us, pray for us, serve alongside us, and remind us of truth when life gets difficult. That has been one of God’s great gifts to us.
Then, now, and a few moments in between.
We want our remaining years to point people toward Jesus.
GregandKaren.com is not intended to be a highlight reel of our lives.
We created this site because we believe our remaining years should increasingly be used to point people toward Jesus.
We want to share what God has taught us. We want to encourage people. We want to pray for people. We want to tell stories about God’s faithfulness.
And most importantly, we want people who may never walk through the doors of a church to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.
Our story is not finished.
God is still teaching us. Still correcting us. Still refining us. Still showing us areas where we need to trust Him more.
We are not presenting ourselves as people who have arrived. We are simply two people who have experienced the grace of God and want to spend the rest of our lives pointing others toward the One who gave it to us.
Our story only matters if it points you toward His.
If something in our story resonates with you, we would love to hear from you. If you need prayer, send us a request. If you have questions about Jesus, ask them. If you’re looking for encouragement, we hope what we’ve shared points you back to Scripture and to Christ.