Introduction

My name is Kyle Randy Stephens. Born September 15, 1980, I am the son of Randy and Donna Stephens of Springville, TN. My father is a minister at the Sulphur Well Church of Christ in Springville and has bee for the past 28+ years. My mother has spent the past 25+ years within the banking industry and currently serves as the branch manager of First State Bank in Paris, TN. Both are devoted disciples of Jesus Christ seeking to be transformed more and more into his image and it is this legacy that I am most proud of. I have one youger brother - David - who is studying engineering and math at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. He is currently in Scotland serving as a youth intern for a church he has visited the past two Spring Breaks and the brief emails that we get indicate he is doing fine! :)

I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world - Jennifer Michele Stephens of Midland, TX. We were married on August 6, 2005 during a whirlwind weekend in which we decided to graduate, get married, move to Kansas City, MO, and begin medical school! Yep - all that in four days! We will celebrate our first year anniversary this coming August and we look forward to celebrating it with our son who will Lord willing be one month old when we celebrate. Yep - we found out the good news two months after our wedding that Jenn was indeed pregnant and we are expecting his birth within the coming week. It is going to be awesome to be a Daddy!

I am a 1998 graduate of Henry County High School in Paris, TN after which I attended Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN on a basketball scholarship where I double-majored in Biology and Biblical Studies with a minor in Chemistry. Upon graduating in 2002, I spent an additional year in the Graduate School of Biblical Studies before transferring to Abilene Christian University to complet my Master of Divinity in 2005. Because of my graduate school experience at Lipscomb I also received my Master of Arts in Biblical Studies. Upon graduation (and marriage) I started medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine and will begin my second year this fall.

My intent for the majority of this blog, however, is not so much to inform you of what is going on in my life (If you are interested you should check out www.kyleandjenn.blogspot.com to see the blog my wife and I do together) but rather to be a place where I can put together some thoughts about my passion - the intersection between theology and medicine! While I was at Lipscomb I was captivated by these two areas of study and my interest has only grown in the past few years. My master's work in theology on furthered my interests and it is these two fields of study that ignite something in me that will not let me go! I welcome all insights, questions, corrections, etc. in the hope that my thinking and my living will be impacted through such discussions.

Thanks for putting up with my ramblings and to God be the glory in every aspect of this journey!

Until He Comes,
Kyle Stephens