After graduating from Greenville in 2006, my band (which was then referred to) When Sorrow Fails when on tour. After tour we buckled down, wrote some songs we were proud of and recorded with me using Greenville’s studios (thanks to my favorite prof., Mike Johnson!) Before we took the weekend to track the songs, I [...]

Why was Jesus baptized? Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 While I was a student at Greenville College, my favorite classes were the ones I took taught by Dr. Scott Neumann of the History department.  Neumann’s teaching style is right up my alley because it combines both the auditory and visual learning methods [...]

Mark! Thanks for your email.  Justin has been on my mind almost every day in the past few months.  I am so grateful to have known him and the rest of you, Chesnuts.  I have two things to share.  The first is an article I wrote for the Papyrus that was printed a week after [...]

for work, when I go to college fairs and make good contacts, I mark their inquiry card with “HOTT” so I know to call them later about applying. In the back of my mind, I had a feeling that the choice of “HOTT” was a double entendre and I partially hoped someone would think something [...]

I just arrived home from seeing my very first live concert at Greenville College Professor Rick McPeak’s barn just outside of Greenville. I’ve been out to the barn a couple times. Once at the end of last semester for some St. Paul’s get together, once for helping Thomas Johnson want the garden he planted there. [...]

Caitlin suckered my into coming up to the office, and then I was conned into writing a few articles. The first one is a review of one of Greenville local restaurants: La Hacienda Jalisco This Ranch-styled restaurante serves up the finest traditional mexican cuisine this side of Juarez. You’ll feel like Clint Eastwood in “Two [...]

Hello all,Here’s a quick life update. – Started the new school year, looking to travel. College fairs and High School visits mostly in St. Louis, though some in the Quad Cities in northern Illinois, and Iowa. – I recorded vocals for Dear Future last weekend. Brandon and Paul came down and lent their pipes to [...]

Happy New Year everybody. Especially those of you who are in Chicago celebrating without me (and laughed about that fact.) I’ll be in Greenville on Monday, probably in the evening (but with how things go who knows if that’ll be true.)  I’m excited either way.

Today is, and depending on when you read this, was the day after Thanksgiving.  It’s commonly called “Black Friday” because of the onslaught of shoppers on this day given that most stores have sales, and sometimes really good sales.  Today I had to work at the Apple store in the Galleria.  More or less, it [...]

i saw david bazan play for free at slu tonight.  it was sweet. i also saw a lot of cool greenville people.  that was also sweet. i hope it happens again, and soon, and then after that time, again, and often.