Department: Amazing Kids Worship

Areas of Ministry: I lead and develop children’s worship. In other words, I plan worship for young people and kids who actually do it while I pray and cheer them on.

Family: I met my wife Linda on her 16th birthday; she threw herself at me in the hall at Meridian High School. I had to go to church with her for our first date. We’ve been married 35 years (I think I was 10, she was 9?). We have 2 children and 6 grandchildren … holidays are a blast.

Saved: I received Jesus repeatedly as a young boy, and don’t actually know a particular one that was “it.” They all seemed critical at the time. After a brief teenage-years slide, I came to a point of surrender at Central Assembly of God in Boise, Idaho, in 1973.

Previous Lines of Work: Construction (shhhh), children’s pastor, president of a children’s non-profit ministry.

One of the Things I Find Most Fascinating: Drivers who speed up as you attempt to pass and slow down again after you get by them.

FAVORITE
Book: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Food: Venison tenderloin
Snack Food: Anything jalapeno
Movies: V For Vendetta, Empire of the Sun, Shakiest Gun in the West, Die Hard and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
TV Shows: Scrubs and The Office
CD: Believe
Artist: Anna Pavlov Byrd
Band: Go Deep
Actor: Christian Bale
Actress: Jenni Drennen
Time of Day: Tee time
Season: Fall
Place in the World: Sawtooth Wilderness Range
Place to Pray: North Fork Boise River
Recreational Activities/Hobbies: Trophy mule deer hunting, fishing, skiing
Scripture: 2 Kings 2:12
Bible Story: All stories about David
Sports Team: Boise State Broncos
Sport: Golf

LEAST FAVORITE
Food: Tofu
Snack Food: Raisins
Time of Day: Whenever there is a meeting
Season: When there’s no football
Place in the World: In an attic full of insulation
Sports Team: USC

Best Thing Someone Said to You: I forgive you.

Life Motto: The greatest thing we can accomplish is for our children to love the Lord.

Three People I’d Like to Meet: Walt Disney, Tom Hanks, George Vanderbilt

My Hero: John Hisel, Sr.

One of My Greatest Experiences with God: Discovering that children’s ministry was my assignment.

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: I have a recurring dream that is all about a smell.