Why do I blog? I love to write and I love to inspire. I try to present some of the everyday things I experience in a way that challenges and inspires. Reading my blog is not only a good way to keep up with what is going on in my life, but it's also a chance to hear what I am thinking and feeling along the way.
Who am I? I am a Christian currently serving as a deacon in my home church. I am a Training Instructor for Defense Finance and Accounting Service in cold and snowy Cleveland OH. I am married to my Jr. High School sweetheart, Erica, and we have a two and a half year old daughter named Ella and seven month old son named Pax. I finished Bible college and even a few years at seminary to become a "Youth and Family Pastor" but have since decided to put that on the backburner... I really love music, and one day would like to be in a band. Who knows what the future holds for me. Until then, I am enjoying just being a husband and a dad.
What do I like? Traveling - it is my goal to visit each of the seven continents before I die. So far I've got Australia, Europe and North America...up next Asia. Photography and art - but rarely have time (or money) to invest in starting this up as a real hobby. Music - I play lots of musical instruments piano trumpet guitar and I've fooled around on the bass and drums too. Oh yeah, and blogging, too.
What is Salvation? The most important question you could ever ask yourself is, "What happens after I die?" I'll bet you weren't thinking about that question before you came to this blog, but things happen for a reason. Maybe you should consider this question right now. Let me tell you about how I came to know for sure what will happen to me after I die. I was thirteen years old and sitting in the front row of my church. All the teens at church sat together there every week. I had a lot of friends in church, after all, I pretty much started going to church since I was born. Needless to say, I knew a lot about the Bible, and I knew how to act like a Christian. But then that one day, in November, something changed. My pastor was preaching about how some people take communion 'unworthily', that means, people who really didn't have a relationship with God, but pretended they did. We were about to pass the communion plates around, and I realized for the first time, that God saw me. He knew exactly who I was, and if I were to stand in front of him that day my sin would condemn me to hell. I knew enough from growing up in the church that I didn't have to go to hell, even though I deserved it. You see, God loved us so much, his mercy was so great that he actually made a way for us to be forgiven. The hard part about it is, we have to be humble to receive it. You can't be good enough. You will never be able to earn it, or pay off your sin debt. God sent his Son Jesus, to be born as a man, to live a perfect life, to die on the cross and take the punishment that you and I deserve. If you believe that, and ask God to forgive you HE WILL! Let me know if you have more questions about this, I'd love to talk more with you about it! Leave me a comment or email me, either way I hope you consider this question today, and realize whatever you do now, you make a choice. Did you just accept this great news? or did you choose to reject it?
Random Facts: I like the Bourne trilogy movies for the best realistic car chases. My favorite band is Switchfoot. My favorite books are "As a Man Thinketh"; "The Life of God in the Soul of Man"; My all-time favorite is "Pilgrim's Progress". I have jumped out of an airplane, twice. My favorite color is brown. I could eat pasta every day of the week.
