James, my husband, and I became friends while on our way to prison. Yep, I said prison! Not many people can say they met their spouse in such a way. Before you jump to conclusions, let me explain. We were sitting across from each other in the back of a bus that was hauling us, along with approximately 30 other college-age students from our church, to a maximum security prison. He was the drummer in our young adults' worship band that would be performing, and I was on the drama team that would be acting out skits to minister to the prisoners. A very unlikely match, I know. One and a half years later, our friendship went from the prison doors to the church doors in holy matrimony.
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I had the chance to interview Bebo a few months ago for The Brink magazine. That interview will be coming out in this Summer's issue. We had leftover material that didn't really fit with the theme we went with. Here is that material. It's a very rough edit (especially on the last question and answer). I thought it might be cool for you to read it exactly as we spoke, which is code for "I'm lazy and don't want to make it sound pretty." So without further adieu, here's the interview with Bebo.
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I don't enjoy political debates—at least not anymore. Allow me to introduce myself. I am a recovering political junkie who rambles on about past elections no one cares about. Give me an excuse to discuss politics, and I'll take the bait. I have an autographed t-shirt (safely concealed in my closet) from a former Republican presidential candidate. Sometimes, just for fun, I watch old debates on YouTube as the night slips away. C-Span is one of my favorite channels. Yet as a person committed to the way of Christ, I find it increasingly difficult to take political debates and campaigns seriously.
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