Adam Kopitke
Name: Adam Kopitke
Hometown, State: Lenexa, Kansas
Ministries involved with at St. Lawrence: : Koinonia
What is the biggest risk of faith you have taken lately? : In my prayers recently, the theme of surrender has continued to stalk me. And I couldn’t say if it was because I recognized that God wouldn’t stop bringing it up or because I genuinely believed I needed it or maybe both, but making attempts to truly lay it all before him has been a game changer recently. I feel freer and I feel much more comfortable with myself and around others...Interior Freedom was integral to this realization, and I’d highly recommend it.
I received my biggest and most important invitation my junior year of high school from my good friend and now roommate Christian Kaufman and since then the difference it has made in my life is immeasurable. The guys I’ve been with have turned my life into something twice as beautiful and thrice as fulfilling as it once was, and I will never take it for granted.
Describe community. : My biggest sense of community is in the guys I live with; we are very tightly knit and we are always open and true with one another. I quite literally cannot think of any actual conflict that has ever taken place that produced anything other than growth or that created any distance.
Community at St. Lawrence is more fruitful than you or I will probably ever know. The sense of being known and loved there is indescribable and undeniable. Like I said, it was a place that played a large part in my decision to come to KU. And every experience I have there leaves me more joyful and with a greater sense of belonging.
How have you grown in interior freedom? : I have been working on spending time introspecting at the start of my day, every day. It has been and will continue to be a difficult journey to motivate myself to get out of bed on the first alarm (I am the polar opposite of a morning person) and make coffee/tea and spend 30-60 minutes reflecting. The times I have been successful have been incredibly fruitful for my interior life, leading to more comfort with myself and more gratitude for my life and the gifts within.
Where do your deepest commitments lie? : To my daily prayer, even though it’s probably my toughest commitment. If I had no commitment to this, I would be stagnantly lukewarm in my faith. Even if I find myself zoning out at mass or during rosary, keeping at it every day has given me so much grace and peace. Obviously, there is always growth to be made, but the simple habit of giving that time to God has healed me from innumerable spiritual injuries. I just don’t think I can do it’s importance justice with my words.