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| The Honorable Todd Akin |
Have the Courage to Live Your Dream |
Sage Advice from the Distinguished Congressman from Missouri |
 The oldest of four boys, Todd Akin was raised in Concord, MA, by parents who taught him to respect God and love his country. As a young engineer just out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Akin tried living for himself and the good times, but he found that those things were not satisfying. He then decided to conduct an experiment, doing random acts of kindness every day. “That was absolutely transforming in my life. I really started to enjoy living,” he recalls. That decision set him on the road to success—in business and also in finding the love of his life, Lulli.
It was in 1980, as a newlywed and a star salesman with IBM, that Akin felt the Lord calling him to full-time Christian work. Though he was not certain of just what he was being called to do, he understood Christianity well enough to know, “I had given my life to the Lord, and He was the Boss.” Eventually it became clear that public service was the direction he would take—a field where his analytical engineering skills would work in harmony with his seminary degree and sensitivity to people’s needs.
Akin served in the Missouri legislature for 12 years prior to being elected to Congress. Now in his fourth term in the United States House of Representatives for Missouri’s Second District, Akin is in his element, serving his constituents and teaching students and interns on the Hill about the importance of living their God-given dreams.
Regarding his role in Congress, Akin states, “God has loaned me a hat that says ‘U.S. Congress’ on it. My job is to figure out imaginative ways to use that hat to serve the Lord.” Akin’s passion for studying America’s philosophy of government and early Christian history has helped in that endeavor. His prayer is, “Lord, help us to preserve the wonder of what You created when You put America together in those early days.”
Todd Akin challenges those on the Capitol Hill: “No matter who you are, as long as you are still vertical and taking nourishment, God still has something for you to do today. Have the courage to do it!”
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