I was so blessed to be raised in a Christian home to a family where faith in God was modeled and involvement in the local church was prioritized.  I recognized my sin and need of a savior at the age of 8 years old and was baptized shortly after.  Growing up, my family was very involved in our home church, serving in a variety of different ways.  At the age of 12, I began to play guitar and help accompany the other musicians and singers during our corporate worship services.  Around that same time, I started playing for weekly chapel services at the private Christian school I attended.  It wasn’t too long after that where I began helping lead and plan those services which were mostly student led. 

I moved to Columbus during my sophomore year of college after 6 months of long distance dating the girl who would eventually become my wife.  I continued to help lead worship through a weekly college Bible study and on Sunday mornings at the church we attended.  Shortly after our wedding, Laura and I joined CrossPointe Church and immediately began serving in various ways.  That was where the Lord allowed me to be part of a community of believers, and men in particular, that helped to spark an interest in learning more about biblical theology and biblical manhood which helped to advance my sanctification and deepen my love for His church.  In the summer of 2018, my family helped to plant MidTree Church in Harris County, Georgia where we continue to serve in a variety of ways.

If you were to ask me when I was younger what I wanted to be when I grew up, a financial advisor was not on the list.  However, I am so thankful that the Lord placed this calling on my life and directed my steps toward that career path.  After having the opportunity to serve as a dedicated advisor to people, many of whom have become like family to me, I have come to understand that this is just as much of a ministry as serving full time in the local church.  Walking alongside people through the delights and difficulties of life as it relates to their money and finances is a privilege that I do not take lightly.  One of my favorite scriptures is found in Philippians 2:3-8 which says, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.  Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking on the form of servant, being born in the likeness of men.  And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”