The most recent edition of Being Matthew 25 includes the former police officer who used to bust Kevin and Danielle Riley and was later baptized by them.
Sometimes, Kevin Riley says, he can look in the mirror and see “one who is truly beloved.”
Riley, a commissioned pastor at one of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Matthew 25 churches, Mt. Baker Presbyterian Church in Concrete, Washington, and his wife Danielle were the guests Thursday on the Being Matthew 25 livestream, which can be seen here or here. Joining the Rileys, who were formerly drug addicted and without a home, was the man who used to arrest them before eventually being baptized by them, Tom Wenzl.
After retiring from more than three decades in law enforcement, Wenzl worked for a few years in a drug release program where Kevin Riley “was one of my first customers.” Riley “was clean, and I’d never seen him like that. He’s an amazing man. He knew more about the work release program than I did, so I kind of put him in charge,” Wenzel told Being Matthew 25 hosts the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, and the Rev. DeEtte Decker, director of PMA Communications.
After Riley completed the work release program, “Kevin became my go-to guy,” Wenzl said. Wenzl would call Riley and ask how to handle sticky problems as they arose.
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