Chris has been married to his wife, Rachel, since 2007, and has two beautiful daughters named Laura and Lucykate! He is an ordained minister in the independant Christian Churches / Churches of Christ and has a passion to love and help people who struggle to love and help themselves. Chris has recently left church ministry to pursue teaching middle school math where he feels he can live out his passion more effectively. His favs include Dr. Pepper, Cheez-Its, and late night talk shows. (He even attended Late Show with David Letterman once with his grandmother. The guest stars were Orlando Bloom and Alicia Keys. Did you see that episode?) He enjoys playing music, his former hobby of skydiving, but one of his favorite and most useful hobbies is writing. His writing includes authoring two books (An Attempt to Prove God and Living the Lord's Prayer), plus an appearance in Group Magazine, the world's most read youth ministry magazine.

The Stuff That Matters:

The Best Sports Team of Any Sport, of Any Time, of Any League:

Education:
B.S. in Bible with emphasis in Youth Ministry
Cincinnati Christian University
Graduated 2005

Church:
Southland Christian Church (Lexington, KY)

From:
The Bluegrass State

Age:
20-something?

Favorite Bible Verse:
Romans 12:12 - "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

A Little Bit of Other Stuff:

Radio Station of Choice:
84 WHAS
(Yes, I like talk radio.)

Best Band in the World:
Hillsong United

Who Makes Me Laugh Hysterically:

My Top 5 Books:
(1) Crazy Love by Francis Chan
(2) Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
(3) Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster
(4) They Like Jesus But Not The Church by Dan Kimball
(5) Let Me Tell You A Story by Tony Campolo

Favorite Cool Quotes:
“If you’re in a forest and there’s nothing but green trees —everything being as you’d normally see it—but then you see a blue tree with blue bark, blue leaves, blue branches, well, it would catch your eye. And as Christians we’re called to stand out, to be different—like blue trees.” -Aaron Boyd (lead singer of the band Bluetree)

"People are as young as their dreams and as old as their cynicism." -Tony Campolo