Influences:
Jesus, Melissa, my dad, my brother, the Young Guns, Campus Crusade for Christ, North Callaway football, surfing music.
Epic Moments:
May 18th, 2008 I married my best friend Melissa, Campus Crusade for Christ summer project 2004 in Barcelona, Spain and 2005 in Juneau, Alaska, 1999 Missouri HS Basketball State Final Four, Young Guns (accountability group with five buddies) united circa fall 2004, and the 5 ft. basketball hoop in my parent's basement that my dad put up.
Education:
North Callaway High School class of 2001 (Callaway County , MO) and The University of Missouri (Bachelor degree, Secondary Education) 2006
Favorite Bands/Music:
Jack Johnson, Snow Ninja, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Melissa Shryock, Zach Gill, G. Love and Special Sauce, Jars of Clay, Van Morrison, Michael Jackson and Brian Vrbicek.
Best Invention:
The three-point line, YouTube, the Corn Maze, and Oreo Cookies.
Favorite Shows:
SportsCenter, The Office, America's Funniest Home Videos
Favorite Book(s):
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Changes that Heal by Henry Cloud, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, Humility by Andrew Murray, The Practice of the Prescence of God by Brother Lawrence, and A Mind Awake by C.S. Lewis
Favorite Movies:
Hoosiers, The Bourne Identity, Ocean's Eleven, Cinderella Man, Winged Migration, Slumdog Millionaire, The Shawshank Redemption, Ghostbusters, and The Sandlot.
Spare Time:
Time with Family, Basketball, Woodworking, Fishing, Drawing
Fear Factors:
Public Speaking, Snakes, Heights
Biggest Frustration:
Lazy Referees, No more Milk, Pop Music, my own procrastination, Mobile phone companies, and MU parking tickets.
Passion:
Jesus, Family, Sports
Motivation:
God created me for a reason.
Personal Motto:
"Take it easy."