I graduated from Moorhead, MN High School in 1990.
From there I attended Moorhead State University where I graduated in 1995.
Before entering seminary, I taught Physical Education and Health for three years in Lancaster, MN. Along with teaching I coached football and basketball.
I entered Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN in 1999. I Interned at Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Plover, WI in 2001-02.
Upon graduating from Luther Seminary in 2003 I began my first call at Saint Andrew Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI.
I have been serving Gloria Dei Lutheran Church since March 2008 along with my wife, Pastor Tabitha. We are a family of five, with two teenage children and a one-eyed rescue cat, named Handsome Jack! Along with being a dad I enjoy watching and playing sports, reading and spending time with family and friends.