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July 8 2008 at 3:51 am

Ryan James: Web Designer

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Ryan James came to work at Covenant Life a little over two years ago. He and his wife Jenny, a skilled photographer, have made a wonderful contribution to this new church website and many other projects the Communications team has tackled.

Ryan has a profound passion for the Web and information architecture as well as an acute visual sense and graphic design skills. While he would say he’s not a “real” programmer, he is a great marriage of left brain and right. He really “gets” the programming/technical side, but also has a strong artistic sensibility and temperament.

I am grateful not only for Ryan’s skills, but for where he’s decided to use them and why. At age 22, newly married and with a growing desire to put Christ at the center of his vocation, Ryan reached out to New Attitude about supporting their website. The conversation led to a radical departure from the typical Web designer career path—a job where he would split his time between a church (Covenant Life) and Sovereign Grace Ministries (where he works on the New Attitude website). I am so grateful Ryan made the choice to move to Gaithersburg. In doing so, he intentionally chose to invest in God’s kingdom over immediate career advancement and financial gain.






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