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Real Life:
How does this environment on OSU campus, our campus Bible study, and home churches compare?

I went to a Christian college for several years before coming here. I find the people here seem to have less reason to fake it. People here don't live in a culture of Christianity, they live in the real world, and have less reason to trot out some false image of themselves. The people I have met here are seeking and really want to know what God has for them. And I think that makes things very real. Instead of acting a certain way because of other's expectations, they are coming because they want to learn and want to know and seek with very real hearts and desires for God.

Real Life: Tell us about the Bible classes you've taken. How do they compare?

I think Xenos does a really good job of teaching across all spectrums and using the Bible to come to the concrete reasons of why people believe, what they believe. And I think that's much more substantive and definitely a lot better than anything I took in college. I would say that they are very challenging. I am in Law School and Business graduate school at Ohio State and I would say that my Xenos courses are at least at the level of those graduate schools. I certainly spend more time and have a lot more energy for those classes than I do for any of my graduate school classes.

Real Life: These "Ministry Houses" are a big part of Real Life. What can you tell us about the one you are living in?

The ministry house has been one of the most impactful experiences in my life. Living in a ministry house, I have had to come forward to the guys with the areas of my life that I just kind of lived a double life before. It's really been helping me to grow-having a group of five guys that are very committed to me and to helping me struggle through my problems. Living in a secular culture has also been amazingly helpful to my growth and also in learning how to relate to people; how to serve and how to love. All those things I didn't know how to do before, I'm starting to learn how to do now. I would say the last six months I've lived in a ministry house have been the best six months of my life.


	Matt Fields