I have been tagged to disclose seven facts about myself. Enjoy.

1. It will be 7 years of blissful marriage on May 26, 2008. Emily and I have two lovable daughters, Kaylee 4 and Abigail who will be 2 on February 8. I’m thankful for my wife being 11 months older than me. The reason why you ask? I was married at 20. I couldn’t sign the contract for the hotel we stayed at for our honeymoon and all the bills at our first apartment were in her name. Thanks Emily for allowing me have electricity. I owe you one.

2. I was called to ministry at 14 during church camp. I graduated LIFE Bible College East in 2002 with a Bachelor’s Degree of Theology and began working as a Youth Pastor at Twinbrook Community Church. Last fall, I started my M.Div at Reformed Theological Seminary Washington DC. Here’s to a lot of fun work ahead.

3. I’m originally from New Philadelphia, Ohio and a huge Ohio State Buckeyes fan. I love watching and playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, church softball, golf and European soccer to name a few of the favorites.

4. In middle school, I was named the fastest typer in the 8th grade after holding the highest score in type attack the whole year. Thanks to all the years of playing video games to hone the hand eye coordination.

5. At 16, I failed the driving portion of my driver’s test and received a 98 percent on the written portion. Thankfully, I passed the second time around.

6. My favorite authors are Jonathan Edwards, John Owen, John Piper, RC Sproul, John Stott, AW Tozer, and Jerry Bridges. Not in any particular order.

7. My first job was a shoe salesman at JC Penney then continued my retail career at Finishline, Eddie Bauer and back to JC Penney’s catalog counter through high school and college. I have a ton of worthless information about shoes and clothes.