About Me

Union with Christ is not an experience reserved for the mature. It is the very foundation of the Christian life.

Hi! I'm Aben,
Husband. Father. Associate pastor. Learning, like everyone else, what it means to live in Christ.
I was raised in a Christian home, but faith didn’t become personal until much later. In my late teens, I spent two years as a Muslim before an encounter with Jesus in 2009, which changed the direction of my life. Since then, I’ve been learning what it means to know Him, not just through study but by walking with Him.
I’ve shared that story, including the thirty minutes that marked me forever, in more detail here.
Today, I share life with my wife, Julie, and our son, Jeremiah. Family has become one of the places where God continues to teach me what it means to trust Him, love well, and live out the gospel in ordinary life.
I currently serve as an associate pastor at Capstone Church in London. In Christ is Reality is where I write about what I’m learning as I continue to discover the life we already have in Christ. Here you’ll find reflections on Scripture, theology, spiritual formation, and ministry, not as someone who has arrived, but as someone still learning.
My prayer is that these reflections draw you deeper into Scripture, deeper into Christ, and deeper into the life that is already yours in Him.
“Christianity is not merely believing something about Christ. It is participating in Christ Himself.”




Invite Me to Speak
If you lead a church, a ministry, or a gathering and think my voice might serve your people well, I would love to hear from you. I speak most often on union with Christ, life in the Spirit, life on revival and what it looks like to lead from identity rather than performance.
