Early Years & Conversion

Born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, I believed Christianity was primarily a way for authority figures to make me do things their way— so I rebelled.

I was drawn to fights, substance use, vandalism, and theft— leading to run-ins with police and conversations of school expulsion — all before my 14th birthday.

Perhaps at their wits’ end, my parents resolved to discipline by confining me to my room with only a Bible, indefinitely. In the misery of boredom, I picked up God’s living & transforming Word, and never put it back down. Within 2 weeks my life was supernaturally changed, marked by a new way of living—never to return to the principal’s office or police station again.

High School & College

In high school, Grace and I became friends especially as we discovered the other as a believer serious and intentional about faith in Christ. While earnestly seeking to live out of our relationship with Jesus, we found Him to be faithfully stripping and redeeming identities we’d been constructing.

For me, this meant unraveling an identity found in relationships, athletic performance, and acclaim in exploits as a DJ.

For Grace, God was challenging her efforts to earn her worth in academic achievement and extra-curricular activity groups.

Early Adulthood

Coming soon!