I was raised to follow God since the very beginning of my life. Some of my earliest memories are from the Sunday services at our church, and my parents have always lovingly encouraged my brother and I to follow and look to God in all we do. I accepted Christ at a very young age and lived according to what I knew about the Christian life throughout my developing years. However, I was raised in San Antonio, TX which I would describe to be a very spiritually dry place. Even though I was a believer and loved God, I was not growing or being developed in my faith and I lacked depth of knowledge when it came to the gospel and why I believed it.

It wasn’t until my freshman year at Texas A&M University (A-WHOOP), when I got plugged into a church and true Christian community, that I began to understand what it fully meant to passionately pursue the Lord and surrender my life to him. I began to understand my immense need for the gospel and throughout that first year I was thoroughly challenged in answering why I believed what I chose to believe and what exactly it meant. The Lord showed up in radical ways that year and provided many incredible people to come alongside me in my journey.

My life has not looked the same since then and I have continued to pursue the Lord and learn what it means to allow the gospel to permeate into all aspects of my life. I am beyond excited to continue to be refined and challenged relationally, spiritually and knowledgeably as a resident, as well as learn how to invest well in the lives of others and serve in the church in a God honoring way.

I love doing anything active and am always down to go for a walk, go climbing or throw the frisbee at the park. I long to live somewhere where hiking is an everyday activity and the outdoors are cherished and incorporated into daily life. I find deep conversations to be life giving and have a mildly unhealthy obsession with smoothies and fresh juice. I have cut my own hair since the 7th grade, wildflower season is my favorite season, and I would travel the world in a heartbeat. I am a graduate of Texas A&M Class of 2020 and I am honored to be apart of this years class of residents and look forward to all this year will bring.

As a child, I was told that Jesus was God’s perfect Son, who died to pay for my sins so that I could be forgiven and right with God. I made the simple choice to believe and follow Jesus and it has made all the difference! My life has not been perfect, but God offers forgiveness when I mess up, comfort when I’m sad, strength when I’m weak, hope when I’m discouraged and direction when I’m confused. I used to doubt that God could really be all these things to me, but He has never let me down. He knows me, He loves me and I am His forever.

Eighteen years ago I was looking for a church that would encourage each member to pursue God. At Christ Chapel I found that encouragement coupled with unbelievable resources to help everyone grow. I fell in love with Sunday worship, Women in the Word Bible study and all these people who were trying to know and honor God. This was exactly what I had been looking for and I have been here ever since.

I’m married to Gregg and have three almost-grown sons. Life revolves around the boys and work, but I love to find time for gardening, cooking/baking and friends.

I was raised in a home that loved and modeled the Gospel and was introduced to Christ at a young age. Although I was a pretty good “keeper of the religious rules” growing up, I realize more and more each day just how wicked and weak my flesh really is and how absolutely in need I am of Christ’s saving grace. God’s grace in my life, through the work of Jesus Christ, is not only the most important thing that has happened to me but also the only thing that gives my living actual life. Every good thing I experience is by God’s grace.

In the spring of 2008 a pastor named Joey Turner, who remains one of my heroes to this day, invited me to come and worship at Christ Chapel. My wife and I both felt the Spirit of God doing something remarkable here and we wanted to be a part of what our God was doing, so in May of the same year I accepted a job as the Fifth+Sixth Pastor. In 2011 I got the opportunity to take over the college ministry and start our Christ Chapel outreach to college students at a bar across the street from TCU. Four years later I was able to step into leading our Life Stage Two team which had just launched a broader out reach to any young adults in Fort Worth who were looking for Christ-centered community. There have been several hats I have had the privilege to wear on staff and our family has been blessed tremendously by how God has used this church to show me more of Himself.

My wife Danielle and I have been married since 2007 and she is the greatest earthly blessing in my life. She is my partner in ministry as well as in life. We have two sons (Charlie and Miles) who are our greatest little ministry. We love what we get to do for His kingdom and are so constantly grateful that He uses imperfect people for his perfect glory.

As an only child of divorced parents, I grew up in the city scene of Minnesota, but moved to Texas going into seventh grade. Although I attended a private Catholic school back in Minneapolis, I never understood who God was in relation to me, except as someone who controlled the weather. It wasn’t until having been hit by culture shock and left in drowning isolation that I found some acceptance at a Wednesday night student ministry event. After being a part of this group for some amount of time, I began to hear and put together who God truly was, not as one who controls the weather, but rather, as a God who loves. I don’t remember what day or year it was, or even what the sermon was about, but one night I was insurmountably captivated and impassably in awe that God wanted to have a relationship with me — even to the point of dying on a cross. And in my mind I thought, “If Jesus died to have a relationship with lonely, hopelessly lost people like me, then other people should hear this great news.” From this point on my heart has longed for those who feel on the fringes of social belonging, and my life has been to share that love with those who don’t know such a love. That is one of the reasons I’m honored to be on staff with Christ Chapel, and specifically with the College Ministry, because in a world connected by social media, college students can still find themselves alone and unnoticed.

My beautiful wife, Keeley, and I got married in June of 2017 and have started our family in the Saginaw area. One of our favorite pastimes is finding and trying new taco and burger joints all across Fort Worth, especially with others. As we are both in school (my wife in nursing school and me in seminary) and both working full-time, we find much joy in the quick, spontaneous moments together. I get along well with people for the most part, until there becomes a heated discussion over pineapple pizza (of which I am an advocate for). I love other pizza as well, but pineapple pizza holds a special place in my heart.

Growing up I had been to church and was considered a leader that friends looked up to and parents/teachers praised. I was incredibly loved by my family and involved in seemingly everything from the soccer team to drum line. It wasn’t until my freshman year at TCU and a summer on staff at Laity Lodge Youth Camp that I really heard, understood and embraced the gospel. I realized then that there was an empty void in my heart and that it was beyond broken, and there was nothing I could do that would fill or fix it. It was then that I came to know Jesus personally, as my Savior and my Lord, and have been chasing after Him with a heart-made-whole ever since.

Soon after, I stumbled into a bar on a Sunday morning and found Christ Chapel (don’t worry, that’s where the college ministry was held at the time). It was there that I really got plugged into this church and soon became a member of the Young Adult Residency, which led me to becoming the 5th-8th Grade Associate Pastor.

My wife, Lexi, and I met at TCU through an organization called YoungLife and got married in May of 2019. We love good food, good coffee and everything outdoors, from runs and riding bikes to backpacking and rock climbing.