I was born in Michigan and grew up in southern California and Wisconsin.  Most of my young life was spent in Fond du Lac, WI.  I attended Martin Luther College in Minnesota, where I played on the golf team and was involved in choral and instrumental music.  After I graduated in 2010, I studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany, for a year.  Then I attended graduate school at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in suburban Milwaukee and completed a one-year internship as a vicar/assistant pastor in Verona, WI, on the west side of Madison.  During that exciting time, we started a brand new daughter church from scratch.  In 2015 I graduated with a M.Div. degree and began the exciting ministry here in Ann Arbor.  I am currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. 

In 2014 I met my future wife, Megan, at a conference.  We were engaged on Coronado beach in San Diego and married in California in June 2016.  In June 2019 we welcomed a daughter, Charlotte, to our lives. I love spending time in Ann Arbor's downtown restaurant district, biking around town, out on a golf course, or attending a musical concert at Hill Auditorium.  I can't wait to learn more about Jesus, share him in deeper and more relevant ways, and find out what the Lord has planned for us at Redeemer!