My parents raised me, along with my three siblings, in the Protestant Evangelical tradition. After graduating high school, I attended university and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.

It still took me two more years before I entered the convent, but saying yes to God's call has been the greatest gift of my life.

In our little Catholic Kansas family, I think everything really started when I was 10 years old. The Disney version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe had just been released and after reading the books, we watched the movie as a family. What happened in that dark theater was little less than God wooing my heart.

I grew up in Mobile, AL, in a Catholic family. I went to Catholic school, participated in youth groups, was an altar server, and from the outside I was a model Christian. However, for much of my life I struggled to fully accept my place in God’s Kingdom.

We’ve been blessed to share our music with a growing national audience through uplifting songs and nonstop touring. Our sound blends modern pop production, big harmonies, and electronic textures, but at the center of it all is a simple message: hope, perseverance, and the goodness of God.

That question changed everything. Jesus changed the direction of my life and transformed my perspective. I was becoming a follower of Jesus with a mission to share Him with others.

I got kicked out of college my freshman year. I moved back home to Dallas, defeated, certain I had wasted everything. And it was there, in that failure, that I opened a Bible and read words that cracked me open.

I grew up a cradle Catholic, attending all the Bible studies, retreats, conferences, and camps you can imagine. I believe it is what began to form me into who I am today.

Raised in a Catholic household, my spiritual life felt a bit more handed down than a lived reality for many years. Although I was familiar with the liturgy and recited the prayers, I had yet to experience the profundity of a personal conviction.

This was my conversion, where the scales fell off of my eyes. I had realized I have been living a life of sin. Recalling it now still amazes me how wonderfully God works. From that moment on I stopped living for the world.

Looking back, every step has come from the same place: meeting the Father with complete trust. And every time, He has done something bigger than I could have imagined.

My story isn’t about having it all figured out, nor is it the one I would have chosen. But it shows that God loves to work through ordinary people and everyday moments. Even the mundane moments can become a story of wonder when surrendered to God.

My heart continues to be on fire, and through photography and filmmaking, I feel called to share my story and faith with others. My fiancée and I also started a small candle business, hoping to spread joy and hope through faith-centered living.

Those next two years transformed my life forever and healed me in places I didn’t know were bleeding. I was so impacted by the richness of living in community that I applied to be an SPO missionary.

God never abandoned me. Instead, He led me on a journey to rediscover Him, myself, and fall into an alignment with His will. I said “yes” and this is my story. One step, one day, and one yes at a time all for His will and glory.

I encountered Jesus powerfully during a time of Eucharistic Adoration in the summer of 2009, and the years since have been a wild and amazing adventure following God’s call for my life.

My story is one of ongoing conversion. And that, ultimately, is authentic Catholic masculinity: daily surrender to Christ for the good of our families and the Church.

Though I am permanently blind in my left eye, I’ve been able to see the way that God redeems our suffering. All we have to do is give it to Him and trust in His timing. Nothing given to God is ever wasted.