Background

Born: Freemont Michigan, 1976

Family:  Married to Anna. Children: Beau, Ava, Sophia, and Jackson.

Education: High School: Tri-Unity Christian School Grand Rapids, MI, College: Dominion Bible College Seattle WA

Hobbies: Playing Basketball, Watching H.S. Basketball, Volleyball, Watching Movies, Documentaries, Building Things with the Kids, Shenanigans

Salvation: January 1996, Resurrection Life Church Grandville, MI

Title and Responsibilities: Pastor of North, the ministry for college and twenty-somethings; also oversight of student ministries for 7th-12th graders.

On my Playlist: Well… Don’t lose respect for me I have Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys, The Script, Ben Harper, Common, Glee Cast, Mike Gungor, Brett Dennen, BEP

What fascinates me: History I don’t know why but give me a book about a time period or sit me in front of the History Channel and I’m good to go.

FAVORITES

Books: Searching for God knows what? Donald miller, All Robb Bell Books, Future of Management

Person: My Wife (Really! not just sucking up here)
 
Food: Baked Salmon with Asparagus and Red Potatoes

Musical Artist: Justin Timberlake

TV Show: SNL
   
Movies: Forest Gump

Actor: Robert Downey Jr.

Actress: Betty White

Place to Pray: My Chair

Sports team: Michigan State Men’s Basketball

BESTS

Best advice ever given to me: “If your are fully alive in what you do everyone wins” – Mike Gungor (I work at Trinity because of that advice and its change my life.)

My life motto: Smile

Three people I would like to have dinner with: My Wife (seriously it’s hard to do that with 4 kids!!) President Obama and Rick Warren

An interesting fact about me: I have a lazy eye I always have to keep in check.

My heroes: My Dad (His character has been tested by tons of trial and it hasn’t changed) Robb Bell (He gets rocks thrown at him for what he values and still keeps going) The Volunteer (Because life is busy, jobs demand a lot and family friends require so much of them but they still make time to give of themselves and that is heroic on many levels to me.)