[Please be patient… this page is a work in progress… as am I!]
Christian. Husband. Father. Church Elder. Leader.
Age: Born 1964. Guess that makes me around 45 or so… give or take a year.
Family: 2 brothers, 1 sister; all older than me. I’m the youngest… whatever that brings with it (good and bad)
College: BA from Cedarville University
Married: Way back in 1987 to my beautiful wife, Dawn. We dated five years before we were married, which means that we’ve been together… well, you do the math.
Personality trait: Mildly to Severely Introverted
Home: Bryan, OH. (About half way between Toledo, OH and Fort Wayne, IN — EXTREME Northwestern Ohio)
Interesting facts about Bryan, OH: Bryan is the world headquarters for Etch-a-Sketch; and the only place in the world that makes dum-dums. Petra founder Bob Hartman is also from Bryan, OH!
SSN: I am a member of Lifelock, but I’m not that crazy!
Kids: Yep. Four to be exact. 3 boys, 1 girl. (In age: 18, 15, 13, 11) (By gender: boy, boy, girl, boy)
Church: I attend New Hope Community Church in Bryan, OH where I serve as an Elder, on the worship team (keyboardist), help with the student ministries, and whatever else I can get my hands dirty in.
Gainful Employment: I have the privilege of working with Leadership Network, based in Dallas, TX.
Former life: worship leader; founder and owner of ChurchStaffing.com until 2006 when it was sold to Salem Web Network.
Labor of Love: MondayMorningInsight.com
Favorite Cereal: A tie between Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries and CoCo Pebbles
Hobbies: Anything technology. I am bi-computoral (Mac and PC) and enjoy creating projects and gathering and organizing information to share.
Current Cell Phone: The Blackberry Storm via Verizon Wireless
My allergist says that I am allergic to ‘anything that grows’.
I am a total social networking addict. I love connecting virtually, especially with church workers and leaders.
Number of Computers in my office currently turned on: 5
My favorite computer in my office currently turned on: iMac 27” (she’s a beauty)
Speaking of beauties: when I was young, I thought Blair from Facts of Life was a fox. (Do the kids these days still call girls ‘foxes’?)
Email Client of Choice: Gmail
RSS Reader of Choice: Google Reader
Browser of Choice: Firefox
My first job out of college: Radio Station Sales. In fact, I graduated college with a ‘communication arts/broadcasting’ degree.
I can’t juggle, but always thought it would be cool if I could.
Favorite TV Shows: The Middle, Modern Family, The Office, Anything on TBN (just kidding). That’s what she said. I’m also a huge Seinfeld fan (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
After having four kids, I hate any movie with a passion that features talking animals, animated, or non-animated.
Online tools I love and use regularly: Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Expression Engine, Dropbox, 1Password, Skype, uStream,
Due to my abnormally thick throat, I’ve been sentenced to sleep with a CPAP machine for the rest of my life.
The best class I’ve ever taken: tpying
I can be a very sarcastic person, but other people’s sarcasm annoys me at times.
Software that I use regularly: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, MagicJack,
Interesting fact about me: I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur. (ok… not really)
Pet Peeves: Spam (the pseudo-meat AND the email kind), Church Politics, People Who Capitalize Every Word,
I own a membership to a gym, but haven’t been there for over a year.
