About

~The Short Bio~  David Parkerson

What a journey! Honest truth: In 1988 I almost didn't graduate from high school. Got in with the wrong crowd. Spent four years...well, not doing so well. Decided to follow God in 1992. Finished a Bible degree in 1996. Went through three church splits in four years and nearly gave up on God... and church. Finished a Family Studies masters degree in 2000. Worked at an Adoption Agency, a Children's Home, and at Wildreness Trek during the summers.

April and I met in 1998, courted in 2000, married in 2001, welcomed Nathan in 2002, started HomeLife Academy in 2003, gave birth to Zachary in 2004 and Ian in 2005. Finally, a girl was born in 2006. Her name is Elena Grace. Then in 2007, and with great joy, we had another baby, Seth, in 2008, and yet another boy, Micah in 2009. Before all of this I was a bachelor for 10 years. Life has changed... but LIFE is good.

In 2011 the Journey continued as we moved to Jackson, TN! We'll miss our friends from Selmer, but God has been calling us to help start missional communities and reach out with the wonderful Good News of Jesus Christ!  

What do we love in life? We love God and we love our church! By church I mean people! We love people. Although a lot of folks say they love God not many will tell you they really love their church. We really do. And by church I mean people!

God shows us how to love Him through His Son and through our brothers and sisters in Christ. And we are thankful for the Father's infinite grace because each day we learn how to love Him again.

We love God and our six wonderful children. We love our mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters in TN and FL as well. We love the homeschoolers we serve through HomeLife Academy. And we love, love, love our friends in Christ.

LIFE -- that is what this is ALL about. No matter where you live or what you do, Christ is Life. He shares His Life with us as we share our life with others.