A Sometimes Stumbling Life: Making Sense of Our Struggles and God's Grace in the Journey of Faith

"God didn’t send Jesus to make us perfect but to make us his."This line from Mike Khandjian's A Sometimes Stumbling Life encapsulates the unfolding drama of a faith that is rooted in the delight of a Father who relentlessly pursues his children in spite of themselves. Offering no self-help secrets or empty platitudes, it is an invitation to experience God's welcoming grace in the midst of our brokenness. With fresh glimpses of the biblical story, Mike employs his own experiences and those of others to invite us into a story where we are both fully known and full loved.

Mike Khandjian is the Senior Pastor of Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, near Baltimore, Maryland. A native of Miami, Florida, he attended Belhaven College, where he met his wife Katherine and later earned his Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. Mike's ministry career has spanned thirty-six years and three churches, and he and Katherine have been married for more than thirty-five years. Together Mike and Katherine live as fellow stumblers in the adventure of following Jesus. They love the beach (Mike is a "retired" surfer), great music, reading, board games, anything outdoors, their three children, and spending hours of delight with their new grandson.