Monday Jul 30, 2018
099: Michael Kingsbury and The Story that Never Ends
Michael Kingsbury is a comedic storyteller in Vermont who recently became a Christian. The journey he took to faith is fascinating and will entertain you. Michael always knew he wanted to be a comedian as a young man and eventually attended a branch of the acclaimed Second City in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an atheist but how little he knew about a fellow comedian who died his questions led him on a quest to find God. He says he became a terrible atheist by reading the Bible in secret and attending church. One Tuesday in January 2018, in front of a Subway restaurant, Michael finally gave his life to Christ.
Please listen and share Michael’s story!
Stories Michael shared:
- Growing up in Vermont loosely associated with the local Methodist church
- Attending Second City in Cleveland, Ohio and his love for comedy
- Becoming an avowed atheist with a fascination for the Bible
- The verse that kept him from becoming a believer
- The perseverance it takes to become a comedian
- How success began to disappoint him
- The community comedians share with one another
- Why he sucked at being an atheist
- The feeling that compelled him to read the Bible and go to church while he was still a professed atheist
- The verse that led him to give himself to the Lord
- How his conversion changed his family
Great quotes from Michael:
If you stick with anything you see success at some level.
You can think you know something about someone and not know anything of significance.
It [his faith] is so brand new. It’s like a set of shoes out of a box that I don’t really know what to do with.
Working on patience is as hard as working on your comedy set.
He’ll find you anywhere even if it’s in front of a Subway restaurant on a Tuesday.
Resources mentioned:
- Contact Mike at his website or Twitter
- Story in the Rutland Reader on Michael
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