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My Experience with Cancer

I went to our GP on April 29, 2009 for a cough and a couple of nose bleeds. That evening I was admitted into Liberty hospital after CT scans confirmed x-ray leads that I had stage four lung cancer, with a 9cm tumor in my left lung and a 5cm tumor on my spine. There were also nodules and fluid between my lung and chest wall. What a shock. A day that changed our world.

Hobbies

Golf, fantasy football, love spectator sports (football, baseball, basketball, and golf), reading, watching movies, hanging out with (even including shopping!) with my wife, hanging with our kids and two grandsons, spending time with friends, journaling, learning and growing!

Books

Currently: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller; UnChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons; The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning; Here and Now by Henri J.M. Nouwen; The Dance of Life by Henri J.M. Nouwen; New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver; Dave Campbell’s 2009 Texas Football freakin awesome magazine; and last but not least, daily time spent reading the Bible!

Movies

Favs: The Natural; Field of Dreams; Recent: Seven Pounds; Benjamin Button;

My Kind of People

People who love sharing their stories!

Reason for Being Here

To live out the gospel in such a way as to make the love of God visible and enjoyable to as many people as I possibly can. To continue to learn and grow by sharing life with those I am privileged to know and journey alongside of.

Words of Wisdom

My life is, to quote Donald Miller, like “a tree in a story about a forest.”

Religion

Christian

Know Me

I love Jesus Christ; I love my amazing family and friends that have surrounded me like a fortress! I love my wife Elizabeth beyond words. My daughter and son-in-law Ashley and Jeremy are two very amazing kids, and our two grandsons Micah and Tyler ( 5 and 4) are simply beyond belief! I love them like crazy! And I love life!!