I'm Mike Luther and I'm the proud mayor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Mike Luther has devoted his life to public service.

His efforts to improve conditions for the citizens of Sioux Falls, South Dakota have made him a popular mayor.

Faith and family are important elements of this mayor's life.

Whenever I do something, I want to try to do it as uniquely as possible and try to make

it impactful.

I do that.

My bride does it. My daughter does daughter does it to me it's just if you're going to do something try to try to go the extra mile with it I am a guy who you know I do like to control things, I like to influence things, I like to manage things,

but what I've learned is I've grown and matured and, you know, gotten some gray hair and,

again, more crust on my body is that as much as I want to

control this life you find out that ultimately you're not in control.

On today's experience Jesus Calling podcast, we hear the story of a man who lives out his faith daily as a public servant, but also as a husband and a father.

It's a unique story. My folks were divorced when I was in the fifth grade.

I'm the oldest of four kids. My mom, you know, very influential part of my life. My dad struggled with

alcoholism so you know his support to the family was limited at best.

So here we had this mom and four kids

and we struggled in all kinds of ways. I was struggling, you know, why me? Why my family?

You know, why don't we have any money why do you know why why

people look at look at me and my family differently and and so yeah it was it was

a challenging time for me but you know it I think it

ultimately it made me stronger too it was in the the sixth grade I entered this

speech contest and you know here I was I had a helmet head for a haircut

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