I was born in Birmingham, Alabama…
I couldn’t breathe for months and doctors said I wouldn’t live…my lungs didn’t work…
My dad finally had enough and grabbed me from the doctors one night…lifted me up and said, “satan, if you’re bigger than my God come get him.” He took me home and I’ve never had a problem since.
I grew up in Hueytown, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama…
My father was an evangelist…
I grew up going to church, prisons, missions, and tent revivals…every night… Every night.
I began playing drums at age 7. Pots and pans before then…
Age 9 I was playing drums for the services my father would preach in…
Age 14 Jesus awakened my heart and changed my life forever…
I started my first band and began playing bass and singing the next day…
At this time the Vineyard movement was really happening and I began singing the songs in my fathers services…
I played in a christian heavy metal band at 14 with guys twice my age which changed my life. They would check me out of high school so I could go ride in a van to play music…I thought I was cool. I can’t imagine where I would be had someone not pulled me into a brotherhood.
Age 17 I met my wife…we dated for 4 years and married in 2000…
Age 18 I felt I needed to know what drugs were like so I tried them for a couple of years…changed my life…
Age 20 I felt God calling me back to the church…I stopped in on a home church and offered to help with worship…
Age 21 I began traveling leading worship for conferences, camps and revivals…
Age 24 I get a phone call while on the road… my dad’s kidneys have failed…
I went home and gave him one of my kidneys…
I woke up depressed…apathetic…lost all meaning, lost all hope…
I never wanted to travel and lead worship again. I felt like I was just filling a spot in a program. I became disillusioned with so many in the church who lacked sincerity and thought they had the God of the Universe figured out.
Fullness Christian Fellowship was calling me to be the worship leader…while driving one day I heard God say go…I was there 7 and a half years.
I began a printing business…Something I didn’t have to involve my heart.
My wife and I had twins, Skye (boy) and Sophia Marie in 2006…
I played in a band for a few years called The White Oaks. Look them up. It was the best band I’ve ever played in…
Over the years at Fullness, God restored my hope… and taught me how to live again…how to care… Depression is a scary place. You know what you should be thinking and doing but just can’t seem to act upon it… I’m so grateful to God for rescuing me.
Early 2009 I felt the awakening…to give it all…again…die to this worlds desires and live in the Kingdom…Dream again.
January 2010 my wife and I had another baby girl, Zoe Claire…she’s electric!
Today… My heart burns… To love the things God loves… Loving people the way God does… Dreaming of the possibilities of a life given away to the least with every thought and choice every day. It’s not easy but worth the climb.
Today…I am a Husband, Father, son, friend, musician, Director with GoMotion Worldwide and worship leader at Christ Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Today…I am Christ to the World…I want to live a life that yearns to be a love that leads the blind to see… I am one of those who cannot help but DREAM… I want to live to inspire HOPE. I want to pursue and be pursued.