I’m a worship pastor and small business owner by day and a singer/songwriter and creative designer by night.

I sing stories from the heart. About survival, about longing, heartache, pain, happiness, joy in simplicity, the love of Jesus, the need for honesty and frankness about those deep places in our hearts and the general idea of what it means to be grounded in peace and blessing.

That’s me. I’ve been playing and singing and writing songs since 9 years old. But I got caught up in trying to become somebody that I was not by climbing the corporate ladder. Fortunately, an unexpected layoff caused me to reevaluate my life plan and I went a completely different direction into more full-ministry as a worship pastor and leader and devoting myself to growing as a singer/songwriter.

I have a passion for seeing and hearing raw honesty in people. That’s why I love songs. They are the perfect way to express all those feelings. I hope my songs reach that place in the heart where emotions are accessed and simplicity is discovered.

Thank you for joining my journey.

Fun Facts:

• My first guitar was a $10 acoustic from a truck stop when I was 9 years old.
• I’m a certified night owl. (I mean, I certified myself but it’s 100% true)
• I used to design graphics for print materiel for a living. I still like to freelance now and then.
• I’m a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan, (also root for the Texas Rangers, OKC Thunder, and Pittsburgh Penguins) so living in the Dallas area is not always pleasant.
• Even though I love to write, grammar was my worst subject in school. Memorizing all the rules was too problematic.
• Someday I want to build a huge model railroad.
• I have not been clean shaven since 15 years old when I first grew some decent fuzz on my chinny-chin-chin.
• I have been to 46 states. (Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, and Rhode Island being the holdouts. I’ll get there someday)
• Coffee. I love it. Cold brew is mostly water right? So I drink a lot of water.
• I grew up in the boondocks of Virginia and North Carolina. I’ve lived in Texas for over a decade now but sometimes that Blue Ridge drawl comes out. Mostly when I’m tired.
• I’m a pretty dang good shot.
• I listen to nearly every genre of music, but usually you’ll find me with something indie-rock or ambient-instrumental in my headphones.
• Sometimes when I’m sitting at a coffee shop I put in my earbuds but I don’t have any music playing. I just like the muffled noise.
• My hair was platinum blond until I was about 14. Then it turned super red. Now it’s kind of somewhere in-between. I identify as a ginger now.