Passion & calling
Years of helping businesses and faith communities build communication systems, identify gaps, create clarity, refine processes, and build bridges between the obscure.
15+ YEARS
Captured momentsCaptured storiesCelebrated winsMourned lossesBuilt systemsImplemented AVLBuilt leadersChanged careers
I married Libby in 2015, and it remains the best decision I've ever made.
We share a love for travel that goes beyond the resort-and-tourist experience; we prefer to eat where locals eat, walk streets that aren't in the guidebook, and try to understand a place from the inside out.
We've found that experiencing different cultures through the eyes of the people who actually live there changes how you see the world and how we see our community.
She's my partner in every sense. The adventures we've had together (and the ones we're still planning) are key parts of what makes me the man I am today.
about me
For over fifteen years I have worked in high-paced nonprofit ministries, with my current stretch being at Brookside Church.
Ministry has a rhythm that outsiders rarely see; we often say, “Sunday’s coming," whether you are ready or not, and that constant pressure can wear a person down in ways that are hard to explain. Like many others in ministry, I experience periods of self-doubt about my ability to contribute and times when the next deadline feels more burdensome than the previous one. I stay in ministry because I believe it matters, and I've learned that its weight shapes my calling.
At Brookside, I built the communications department from the ground up. Before I stepped into the role, there was zero system in place for how announcements reached the congregation, which meant leaders were making last-minute requests with no clear path forward. I created a structured plan that sorts every announcement by how many people it impacts and how urgent the reach actually is, then matches it to the right place and time and the right approach; this framework gave the team a shared language for getting the word out properly.
I have a habit, maybe a compulsion if I am being honest, of improving everything I touch. I cannot leave a broken process alone. It’s challenging to walk past a system that is held together with duct tape and pretend I did not notice. Some of that drive comes from a positive place, and some of it comes from a restlessness I am still learning to manage. Either way it has meant that almost every room I have worked in looks different by the time I leave it than it did when I walked in.
The technical side of my work at Brookside grew right alongside the communications work. I designed and installed a full online/campus-wide broadcast setup. I led the procurement and installation of large LED screens in multiple worship spaces, handling the rigging, the data cabling, and the signal flow. I directed a full house lighting upgrade that involved over fifty new fixtures, a forty-foot truss, and a control system that runs the whole lighting system. I also built out a dedicated acoustically treated room for mixing the live broadcast audio for syndication. I am especially proud of the people I get to lead; I've recruited and equipped many different types of people, kids all the way to senior adults and everyone in-between. Seeing the congregation take ownership of ministry is one of my most rewarding experiences. All my teams have transformed what was once pure chaos into a thoughtful approach that makes the entire church feel like a place where people actually want to be. This includes our online worship experience, our live worship, and the interactions people have in our cafe lobby and other spaces.
Beyond the technical builds I have produced video content of nearly every type a church needs. I have produced various types of video content that a church needs, including testimony pieces, giving campaign videos, youth event recaps, mission trip stories, and weekly announcement spots. I have handled the interviews, the editing, the scheduling, and the distribution across the various channels the church uses to reach people.
I recently founded a software company called The Weekly Guide (currently being bootstrapped). This app is a central digital hub for churches to manage their event announcements and lobby screens. Designing that product, managing its development, and planning how it goes to market all draw on the same skills I have sharpened across my ministry career.
One of the catalysts that has given me a creative edge is how my brain is wired; dyslexia is a key factor, and I do not always know how to talk about it. School was challenging in ways I did not have words for back then. Reading and writing felt like swimming upstream, and I spent many years thinking I was behind everyone else. What I have come to understand is that my brain processes things differently, not worse. I see patterns and connections that other people most of the time miss, and that has helped me build systems where none existed before. It still trips me up in small ways almost every day (you may even spot a few of those in this very paragraph), but I have started acknowledging it. It is part of how I think and part of why I build the things I build.
What ties it all together is my fifteen-plus years of learning by doing inside an environment that does not slow down for anybody.
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