Texas Fighting Aggie class of 26, Brock enjoys racing on trails on motorbikes and yet cannot get around town without a GPS/map. They are also a licensed pilot who crash-landed a plane due to an engine malfunction.
Brock remembers his first encounter with Pastor Jerry and a Treehouse student at the MSC Open House, their first year before classes. “I was looking for a church,” Brock continued, “where I could ask the hard questions and not get yelled at for asking them.” The upfront welcoming presentation at the MSC Open House drew Brock to attend a Treehouse gathering.
“When I arrived, I saw Lauren who was in my math class, so I felt comfortable here.” Brock said, “The atmosphere was I would be treated like family regardless of who I am or was. There is more to reality than I realize. I hold that homosexuality is wrong, but I have no way to remove that from me. Here I heard that homosexuality is not wrong and why. We dig into the big hard questions and do not shy away.”
“I also remember the party I arrived at really late when everyone else was leaving at Pastor Jerry’s”, Brock stated. “I was out in the sun and had heat exhaustion and they let me stay even though everyone else was gone. They treated me like family, even when they really didn’t know me.”
Treehouse was the place where “I was treated less as a demonic entity or a danger to everyone else’s well-being.” Brock stated, “Other places gave the impression that the prolonged exposure to me would damn them to hell.” They were accepted as they are and felt like they belonged. “Treehouse takes me as I am,” they articulated, “Here I have almost no filter.”