Thank God for parents who love the Lord. My childhood was filled with experiences that proved to me that God was real and that He loved me. Pastor Jack Eyestone at the Bloomington Nazarane church near San Bernardino was a big part of that. I asked Jesus into my heart when I was two years old. I started preaching shortly thereafter. Granted, my first congregation was a pile of stuffed animals, but the calling was on me early. 

I was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Oceanside, CA at age 8 by Dr. Don Watson.

Under great Pastors in Nazarene, Baptist, and Non-denominational churches I received instruction, guidance, and encouragement to serve. I was blessed to witness many miracles at Melodyland in Anaheim. We also went to the Crystal Cathedral where I learned from Dr. Schuller to always ask God for His idea, and learn how to communicate with people, not just talk at them. 

In High School I was President of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a leader in my youth groups at both the Nazarene Church and the Non-denom churches that I attended. At University God re-established my calling as a preacher and evangelist. I have served the Lord as a missionary, youth pastor, preacher, church planter, teacher, evangelist, mentor, worship leader, and in other ways according to the Holy Spirit's instructions.

I began volunteer preaching during my last two years of University, mostly in settings connected to the school or the local Lutheran Church. Immediately after graduating I spent three years in Japan as a missionary, teacher, evangelist, and leader of a Christian Heavy Metal band. During seminary I had to really fight for my faith. I attended one of the most liberal seminaries in the country and battled for every true doctrine and belief. Throughout that time I worked as a youth pastor, chaplain, Intern, and assistant to the seminary's and ELCA region 2 archivist. You learn a lot about churches and what causes them to fail when you work in the archives of a dying denomination. 

After seminary I was called to my first transformational ministry position in Henderson, NV. After the Senior Pastor retired I lead a prayer campaign for our city and we prayed through the Henderson white pages over 40 days. The church grew from 100 to 900 in around two years. 

My next call was to a church in Berkeley. Never tell God you won't go back somewhere. God did a miracle and saved my life from a terminal illness. The church began to take prayer seriously and grew from 19 to 125 in a year. 

Next, I was sent to inner city Phoenix. I did prayer walks around the church and the neighborhoods with the matriarchs of two Liberian refugee families. We started to become a neighborhood church. It was like heaven. We grew with families from all over Africa, Asia, Carribean, and South America. 

In 2010 the ELCA had abandoned scripture to the point I had to leave. I was worn from the fight. God gave me The Wellspring. For seven years we went deep into the word as I planted what would become a school that sent mostly military missionaries out into the world. 

In 2017 the Holy Spirit sent us to Utah. It was the last place we expected to go. God has done amazing things here, but now He is clearly sending me "home" which, for me, will always mean Southern California. There is revival coming and I know I am called to be there. 

I have been told that I have gifts for preaching and teaching. I believe this is true and they are definitely what I enjoy doing more than anything else in life. 

God has blessed me with the ability to research and connect the dots so I have been able to develop a rich theology influenced by many great preachers, Bible scholars, teachers, and prophets. 

God has gifted me with the ability to learn languages quickly, but more importantly to understand them at their most primitive level which helps with Biblical insight. If there is one reason that I am grateful that I attended CLU it is that both of my German professors were doctors of Philology, the study of languages. Because of this I have learned to communicate scripture with people in a relevant but also ancient way. I love tearing into the Greek and Hebrew to see how abundantly God's word unfolds. 

I play the guitar and bass guitar and sing when necessary, so it has been wonderful to be able to lead worship anywhere. 

I have a deep reliance on prayer and daily communication with God. I'm not sure if that is a skill, but it is something I can't live or even function without.