Josh is part of the “bro” culture which is outdoor-oriented, with sports as a focus, and generally more conservative. Today, like Katie and Josh, our youth often fall into two different cultures. With the help of their loving grandparents, they will unlock the secrets of their pasts and find freedom and joy in their futures.
She wonders whether she will ever find the acceptance and love she craves and become comfortable in her own skin.Ĭraving liberation, Kati and Josh seem destined to claim their birthright of freedom together. Kati, a German with a penchant for classic Swiss watches and attic treasure-hunting, is crushed with the disappointment of never being “enough” for anyone-especially her mother. He fears that his growing aggression will eventually break him if he can’t find a way to accept his talent and the competition that comes along with it. They will follow a parallel path connected by a mistake their great grandparents made years before.ĭespite his flawless image, Josh, an artistic and gifted Californian skateboarder and surfer, struggles to find his true role in the world. You would think that such a potent freedom metaphor would become the soundtrack for their lives, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Blackberry Bush begins with two babies, Kati and Josh, who are born on opposite sides of the world at the very moment the Berlin Wall falls. Some of his hobbies include photography and tinkering on his 1971 VW bug. They reside in Huntington Beach, California. Housholder and his wife, Wendy, have one grown son, Lars. Housholder fluently speaks three languages, English, Dutch and German, and enjoys reading biblical Greek and Hebrew. Then he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the Universität-Bonn in Germany. He received his undergraduate degree from Pacific Lutheran University and went on to receive his Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.
Housholder is an avid reader and carries an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He is especially energized by evangelistic work among Muslims. He has spoken to groups in Ethiopia, Malaysia, Canada and London and has also been involved with mission trips. Housholder loves to travel and is an international conference speaker. With his increasing desire to change the world around him, he is the director for several non-profit organizations. As the senior pastor at Robinwood Church, an indie warehouse church near the beach in California, he can often be found preaching verse by verse in his bare feet.
David Housholder is a philosophical-spiritual influencer, a sponsored snowboarder and a surfing instructor who dreams of making this world a better place.
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