We are all a work in progress. Our life stories unfold everyday. A few weeks ago my life was in turmoil. Today my life is on a hopeful upswing where the horizon is illuminated with the brilliance of a new sunrise. Who knows what tomorrow will hold. But slowly I am learning to let go of the tight grip I have on life. It is not easy, but I am trying.

Before I go any further, maybe it would help to know where I came from. My story is just like yours . . . unique.

Born in Michigan. Introduced to a relationship with God on a trip to Jamaica. Graduated high school and went to Kenya instead of college. Left Kenya to go to Indiana Wesleyan. Studied Missions and Bible. Sat deep bench on the soccer team. Dropped out to work for Josh McDowell. Went back to finish. Dropped out again. Spent summers working as a park ranger and farmhand. Went back to finish. Graduated finally after almost 7 years. Moved to Wyoming to work in the Tetons. Went back to work for Josh. Spent 3 years on a tour bus. BURNOUT. Ran away from church life to California and worked as a camping tour guide. Drifted to Utah to work at a ski resort. Blew my shoulder out.

Here is where the story becomes more than just a story, but it becomes my life.

Most of my life I have been running. I desire relationships, but I have been running from them because I never really knew how to have healthy relationships, they weren’t modeled to me. That is why I was in Utah; I was running from relationships. When I blew my shoulder it slowed me down to the point where I finally had to get honest with myself  that I was running from relationships. Slowing down brought me back to church and into a deeper relationship with God and it moved me to Las Vegas to pursue a relationship with Ashley.

On the surface everything seemed to be moving in the direction my life was supposed to be headed. Ashley and I fell in love. I got hired at a great church. We got married and life was beginning to head in the direction that I thought it was supposed to. But the truth is that even though I desired relationships and found all these great things I had still not learned how to relate to other people. Ashley and I hit a bump in the road. Things got complicated. But God’s unfailing grace picked us both up when we couldn’t carry ourselves.

After flying over that bump in the road we have landed in the sweet spot. That is where you find me today. I am in the middle of one of the greatest growing seasons of my life. I am madly in love with my bride and my heart melts daily for a growing little girl named Alexis Grace. I am so blessed because God’s grace has wrapped us all up and is carrying us through all the rough stuff and leading us to amazing days ahead.

I may have regrets from my past but I am determined to get it right. I only get one chance at life and I do not want to regret the way I live. I recognize that I have made lots of mistakes in life and I still have a lot to figure out but that is why this website is up, because I want to live in the truth. I want to be real. I want to be authentic. I want to be transparent. I want to stop hiding, running and ruining relationships. I want to begin again. And I truly believe that is what God wants for me. So this is me…Stripped. Raw. Broken. Forgiven. Scared…and most of all down write honest.