Complex sentence: Withdrawing from the touring life to raise a family, Spoelstra and his wife Sherry embraced Christianity in 1969 and in the mid- 1970s, became a minister and used his musical talents as a means to preach his spiritual messages.
Split into simpler sentences: Withdrawing from the touring life to raise a family, Spoelstra and his wife Sheri embraced Christianity. In the mid- 1970s he became a minister and used his musical talents as a means to preach his spiritual messages.