Q & A with Jacob
For Imago Weekly, we are doing a series of Q&A’s from our church staff and leadership. This week we asked Jacob Kersh, our current Church organizer, to tell us a little bit about himself. Jacob is married to Ronnie and has two step-daughters, Allie and Penny.
Jacob Q&A
What’s Something Weird About you?
In college I was known for being the guy who would pace around the campus in the middle of the night. For some reason, I can only process my thoughts when I’m moving, so if I have a big paper, I would go on a long walk and process my thoughts before putting them to paper. I still pace a lot, just not in the middle of the night like I used to.
Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
Definitely my Guitar because it’s the most expensive thing I own. Honestly, I would probably save my guitar before I saved our cat, Joe. (Don’t tell Ronnie I said that)
What are you looking forward to right now?
Well, Ronnie and I just bought a house, so we are looking forward to finishing our basement, doing some landscaping work in our yard, redoing our master bathroom, basically anything that comes with making a house your own. Ronnie also inherited a baby grand piano, and I'm looking forward to figuring out how to move it, fix it, and turn our current family room into a formal music space.
What Does Friendship Mean to you?
Friendship is kind of special by nature of being undefined. Most human relationships come with obligations, restrictions, and exclusivity, but friendships are open ended. Being a spouse and a co-parent comes with the responsibility of caring for each other as well as your children, but a friend has no such obligation to you or your children. That doesn’t keep them from being someone you can rely on, they just aren’t required to be that for you. You might be really close to your siblings and your cousins, but it's just happenstance that they are a part of your life through family. Friends can be just as close, often times closer, but they are people you choose to have in your life.
What is something that you find to be spiritual that others might not expect?
I find random encounters with strangers to be particularly spiritual. I was once on a walk and this lady came up to me and asked me to help her find her lost dog. The whole encounter wasn’t particularly meaningful or impactful to me, but it was quite serendipitous. For ten minutes, I got to be a part of this random persons life, and the whole thing felt very special. I think that spontaneous events throw me off guard and allow me to be more open to the workings of God in a situation.