“The most important thing about ministry to me,” Larry says, “is being engaged with the real life struggles and the growing faith of people. What God is doing in people’s lives is endlessly fascinating, and it’s a privilege to be invited into people’s lives. I also think it’s important to try to understand our faith. I encourage people not to check their brains at the door when they come to church. But it’s the warm heart of faith and the courage to take one’s faith out into life that is finally most important.”

Larry is married to Mary Helen, a licensed marriage and family counselor. They have one daughter, Amanda, who is married and lives in Boston.