Paul Basden
Senior Pastor
My Favorite Bible Character is. . .Paul (!)
Best Advice I Could give a 20 year old. . .learn what grace is, and try to live by it.
Trademark cliché or saying. . ."Naked Babies!" (for no apparent reason, I might add).
If I had a different job, I would be. . .a trial attorney.
Nobody knows that I. . .lived in Dallas when JFK was shot.
I was born. . .in Big D.
If I could ask God one question it would be. . .why do we have to suffer to learn?
Fondest memory. . .vacations with family (mountains and beach).
Transforming experience. . .submitting my life to Jesus as my Boss at the age of 16.
Life verse. . .But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
My last meal would be. . .Mexican food: enchiladas, rice, beans and a Margarita!
My ideal vacation would be. . .Rocky Mountains for a week, followed by Destin beach for a week.
My worst habit is. . .ZERO willpower when it comes to eating sweets.
My childhood ambition was. . .to play for the Dallas Cowboys.
My idea of a perfect day is. . .coffee, devotional time, newspaper, exercise, read, lunch with friends, afternoon movie with wife, dinner with family, live sports event with family and friends, wine and conversation until we all fall asleep.
I have traveled to. . .Southeast Asia and South America.
My significant others are. . .my wife Denise, Kari and Kristen (daughters), and Mom (85 and going strong).
I am happiest when. . .I'm reading and studying, preparing for a talk, giving a talk, meeting people for coffee, eating with friends, watching movies with my wife.
Guests at my fantasy dinner party. . .C.S. Lewis, Apostle Paul, my dad.
Biggest challenge. . .releasing the strangle-hold that perfectionism often has on me.