SOE - Featuring Shawn Ingram

🎙️ The Story of Everyman Podcast – Featuring Shawn Ingram Welcome to The Story of Everyman. There comes a moment in a man’s life when he stops… and looks back. “When you get to a certain age,” Shawn Ingram said, “I was looking at my life…” And what he saw wasn’t just success. It was absence. “And so I miss my family and I missed a lot. I've got a daughter that's 33 this year and I missed a great, great portion of her life.” Like many men, Shawn’s story didn’t begin with perfect footing. “Like a lot of us, unfortunately, I grew up in a divorce split home, divorced parents. So I never grew up with that parental unit.” Faith found him early… “My young life, that's where I grew up in Pentecostal Church.” But purpose… purpose would take time. Because there was something missing. “And I've never been able to plug into my community either.” But something happens when a man decides that his story isn’t over. Something happens when he chooses presence… over pursuit. When he decides, this chapter will be different. “I moved to Longview in 2015.” And here… he didn’t just find a place to live. He found a place to belong. “You said you wanted to be a part of the community.” Today, Shawn Ingram helps lead Longview Connections, a group built on something deeper than business. “We are a networking group… I think our biggest requirement is that our members are folks with integrity and honor and respect for one another.” Because in the end… This story isn’t about networking. It’s about redemption. It’s about family. It’s about community. And it’s about a man who decided that the rest of his life… Would be lived on purpose. This… Is the Story of Everyman. Featuring Shawn Ingram.