I’m married to Tamara, have 4 daughters (Mary Joy, Esther, Sara and Ashlin) and live in Bend, Oregon.  I love anything of historical value – books or documentaries, am forever intrigued by the history and development of ideas and think that it would be great if more people could read the classics and primary sources.

I’m passionate about what church was meant to be and the possibility of seeing it become a reality.

I love sunsets, cool clouds, big trees, movies with Denzel Washington and warm summer nights.

What I love most of all, however, is deep conversation with the important people in my life on topics that matter – God, authenticity, education, human rights, ministry, community, old books and the biblical view of justice, happiness and true spirituality.

I have a wife, Tamara, four daughters (Mary Joy age 7, Esther age 6, Sara age 4, Ashlin), and a poodle named Peaches.

I’m a church planter and the Lead Pastor at Antioch Church in Bend, Oregon.

Masters in Philosophy, Masters in Biblical Studies, B.S. in Engineering

Visiting the Reformation Museum in Wittenberg, Germany; going wine tasting with my wife on our first anniversary; seeing The Allman Brothers Band live in the fall of 92′

Shawshank Redemption

Natalie Merchant, Jack Johnson and David Gray (not to mention Andrea Bocelli if I’m eating Italian food!)

“Fear and Trembling” by Soren Kierkegaard – it taught me about faith.
“Till We Have Faces” by C.S. Lewis – it taught me about love and the deceptiveness of the human heart.

C.S. Lewis

To see creativity flourish, justice reign, people grow and to be where God wants me to be.