He is passionate about his faith and loves sharing it with others, telling of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist and the value of Mass attendance. Today, Brig spends much of his time speaking to Christians through Legatus Catholic and other organizations. And that's where the adventure, excitement and other gifts come in.” And when we start to use those talents the way God wants us to use them, our lives change. “We're born in a sinful body, but God knows us before we were born and going like, oh, I know the talents in you. “That's when I got deeper into my faith and started to love myself for the sake of what God did for me and where he wants me to be,” Brig says. And while reading the Bible, it dawned on me that God loved me.”Īt that point, Brig’s feelings about his life began to change. “So I came into work, I would pray for 10 minutes and then read the Bible for 20 minutes every day. And then I thought, maybe I should be reading this, maybe I should be reading the Bible. “There were some biblical quotes in there and I thought, is this real? And so I blew the dust off an old Bible. Suffering from gloom and anxiety, Brig started reading the Left Behind series of fiction books at night to get to sleep. We went from a broken-down $15,000 home to a new house with an in-ground pool and suddenly, I really felt like I made it. “I just remember thinking, there's no freedom here. “When Fran and I started out, we didn't have two nickels to rub together,” he remembers. I figured compared to the rest of the world, really, I'll walk in there.”īut then, Brig says, he realized the hard work and “niceness” weren’t enough. “I figured I was a five-star recruit for heaven,” Brig continues. A God that I had to prove myself to.”Īnd as far as Brig was concerned, he was doing the job just fine. It was a God that demanded and expected hard work. But I did feel that there was a God out there. “I didn't go to church, I felt Christians were weak. My wife, Fran, was-but me? Never,” Brig says. The work explores Brig’s background and faith journey, and the bishop thought it could be a great way of connecting people with an impressive story of one man’s growth in Christ. But that’s not all he’s been up to.īishop Boyea asked the FAITH team to contact Brig after reading his book, Moving Forward: A Stickman’s Journey for Hope and Meaning (Forefront, 2022). He tends the earth carefully, from a small lot of evergreens to a pumpkin patch (“for the grandkids”). It’s been pretty dry this year.”īrig does a lot of watering and replenishing. It’s doing well, but I’d better keep it watered. “Kind of my way of helping replenish things. “I found this struggling little tree a ways off and moved it to this spot,” he says. Munching an apple, one arm slung lazily over the wheel, he shares his passion projects, which are as unique and colorful as he is.Īt one point, he pauses the UTV to lean over a tiny sapling growing alone in a field. He begins to drive, pushing the little UTV to its limits over the gravel roads near his home. And there is a bit of that.īut Brig most wants to get out and explore his land. It’s a hot summer day when we meet at his home in East Jordan, the kind of afternoon that most newly retired people would prefer to spend on a sunny back patio, watching ice melt in a cool drink, enjoying desultory conversations about life, family and current events. He is plainspoken, direct and - in a departure for this publication - he even likes to swear sometimes. He is not polished and doesn't put on airs when he roams the land in a dusty utility vehicle, sporting well-worn boots and work jeans. But now, his life is rich with faith, meaning and -most importantly - the opportunity to help others, as Brig tells Stephanie Van Koevering, Editor of FAITH Magazine, in the latest edition of the official publication of the Diocese of Lansing.īrig Sorber doesn’t fit the classical “retired executive” stereotype. READ: A MOVING STORY | BRIG'S JOURNEY TO HOPE AND MEANING IN CHRIST: Retired Two Men & A Truck ® co-founder and CEO Brig Sorber, above, has been depicted as a stickman for decades.
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