This Blog is from Pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church. Mark is married to Lora and they have three children. Parker is nine. Summer is seven going on seventeen. And Josiah is their three year-old caboose. Mark was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, did a short stint in Wisconsin where he became a cheesehead, and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. Mark went to the University of Chicago on a basketball scholarship and majored in pre-law.After a prayer walk through a cow pasture in 1989 he ended up at Central Bible College. Mark also has two masters degrees from Trinity University. Mark is the author of ID: The True You, as well as, an adjunct faculty member at Regent University where he specializes in postmodern ministry. Mark is a sports fanatic, should have bought stock in amazon.com years ago, collects Ruth's Chris gift certificates, and is still the undisputed wrestling champion of the Batterson family.