{"id":1292,"date":"2023-07-12T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:57:29","slug":"s9e2-kary-oberbrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/2023\/s9e2-kary-oberbrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"S9:E2 | Kary Oberbrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overcoming Rejection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kary Oberbrunner was an angry kid who questioned God at every turn. But at the age of 12, he accepted Christ and wanted to grow in his faith. However, this didn\u2019t end his doubts and debilitating battle with guilt that drove him to self-harm.<\/p>\n<p>It was a deep dive into the Psalms that started to turn Kary\u2019s life around. The psalmist\u2019s real struggles with faith encouraged him to journal \u2014 emptying his pain on the page \u2014 something he does to this day.<\/p>\n<p>When it came time to graduate high school, Kary was uncertain about what he wanted to do with his life or if he even wanted to attend college. Somewhat aimless, he decided to follow his high school girlfriend to Grace College, only to break up on their first day as college freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>Broken and confused, he stayed at Grace and with guidance from his peers and professors, he decided to pursue becoming a United States Air Force chaplain. Similar to his broken high school relationship, his dream of becoming a chaplain ended because he was turned away by the Air Force due to an asthma condition.<\/p>\n<p>Still somewhat aimless, Kary graduated from college and soon thereafter earned a master\u2019s degree from Grace Seminary. 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