I am an extremely blessed man. My life may not have many extreme overnight turnarounds that some testimonies have, but my life has been marked by several life altering turning points and one common theme through it all – God is faithful.
I was born and raised in rural Wisconsin and was truly blessed to be surrounded by a family that loves the Lord and modeled what it looks like to have an authentic Christian relationship with 
God. I accepted Christ into my life at an early age and grew up going to church regularly.
Growing up, I didn’t have it all together, but overall I was a pretty good kid on the outside. The inside was a different story though…there was an intense battle going on for the #1 priority in my life. The two priorities involved in the battle were God and my other love in this life – sports. I was a HUGE sports kid growing up. I seemed to always be involved in sports, as I competed in football, basketball, baseball, track, and golf. I also was (and still am, although not to the same unhealthy level) a diehard Wisconsin sports junky. The Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Wisconsin Badgers, and Milwaukee Bucks…I could quote you player stats, schedules, team history, and any other “valuable” information that the average fan would never need to 
know. While this battle between my love of God and love of sports continued all the way growing up into high school, I was soon faced with a life-altering fork in the road.
My senior year of football was going amazing. Our team was playing great, I was playing well, and I was getting some good looks at achieving a dream of mine by earning a scholarship to play college football. All of this came to a screeching halt while playing in a game on October 6th, 2000 when I tore the ACL, PCL, MCL, cartilage, and meniscus in my right knee. My high school sports career was over and I was devastated.
While I still had options to rehab and pursue some of the opportunities of playing college football, God divinely used this time being injured to really reveal to me that sports had definitely become an idol for me. The priority battle that was being fought was finally over. God WON! God revealed to me that I had previously made sports as my God and #1 priority in my life. With this new realization, I made a recommitment in my relationship with the Lord to really keep Him as my first love and as my top priority in life. As part of my recommitment to God, I felt Him leading me to give up football and pursue going to college for ministry. I particularly sensed Him leading me to use my love, knowledge, and passion for sports as an avenue to reach others with the life-changing message of Christ. This led me to attend Moody Bible Institute where I eventually graduated with a B.A. in Sports Ministry.
Upon graduating from college, I still felt that God was leading me into full time Sports Ministry and I loved what Athletes in Action was doing as a ministry so I was blessed enough to join staff in January of 2006. It was here that God continued His faithfulness in my life and continued to shape and mold me more like Himself.
I completed two years of ministry training at Wright State University (Dayton, OH) and Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH). My time of training was absolutely amazing. God not only developed my ministry skills on campus, but more importantly He transformed me into a more humble, loving, servant of God. During my time of training, the biggest growth area was learning how to trust God and depend on the Holy Spirit for guiding and equipping me to live the Christian life.
While at Wright State, I was blessed to pursue a dating relationship with an amazingly attractive woman of God on my AIA staff team named Jayne Boyer. Jayne and I dated for about a year and got married on July 19th, 2008. Now, we are so excited to join back together by serving God in 
reaching athletes and coaches for Christ at The University of North Carolina and Duke University.
As I reflect on God’s faithfulness, it’s very humbling to be used to share the most important message of Christ with all who I come in contact with. I still don’t have it all together, but I’m striving to continue to grow and trust in God along the way. One quote that I’ve really been challenged by lately comes from the late AIA Dallas Cowboys chaplain, John Weber, who said,
“Do not strive to be spectacular.
Just strive to be faithful.”
As I think about the meaning of this, the thing that really stands out to me is that being spectacular quickly becomes all about me, while being faithful is all about God. One of my biggest life goals is always to put the spotlight back on God. I just want to be faithful to where He calls me.