Episode #107--"Growing In Freedom"--1:1 Conversation with James Baxter, Co-Founder, Exodus 90

This week’s Say Yes to Holiness podcast 1:1 Conversation is with James Baxter, Co-founder, and CEO of Exodus 90. Exodus 90 is a ninety-day Catholic program for men based on Christ's roadmap to freedom: prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Our conversation focused upon James' story of his journey to becoming the co-founder of Exodus 90, and how God has continued to move in his life in the midst of journeying with more than 50,000 men on the Exodus journey. James attended St. John Vianney Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota and St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana before discerning God was calling him to marriage and secular life. In 2015, James assumed responsibility for scaling Exodus 90 from a seminary formation program into a spiritual exercise to bring the freedom of Jesus Christ to His men. James now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana with his wife Colleen, son Joseph and baby girl Genevieve. Exodus 90 allows men who desire to grow in the spiritual life and gain greater freedom to call together a fraternity of 5-7 men to join them in following a set structure of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity for 90 days. During this time they will be led by daily readings from the book of Exodus, paired with daily reflections, to keep them on the road to freedom. Research shows that habits can be dramatically transformed in a span of 90 days. And, when put in the context of Biblical stories, a routine prayer life, and a fraternity of brothers to support you, men experience freedom from unwanted habits and an ability to be who they were truly called to be: Men in Christ. Men of the Church. Men for Others. I pray that this conversation with James helps inspire you to keep doing WHATEVER IT TAKES to either take up the Exodus90 challenge yourself, or to encourage the and support the men you love in your life to SAY YES to this invitation to become more fully the man God created them to be. To learn more about Exodus90, go to: https://exodus90.com/