I’m on a grand physical and spiritual adventure. Care to join me?

How I became a content expert for this book

ADVENTURER

I’ve walked on biplane wings 3,000 feet over the ocean and held on while it did twelve aerobatic maneuvers. I’ve bungee jumped on five continents and paraglided in seven countries. I’ve tumbled out of an airplane on both the north and south sides of the equator—bringing as many as 16 of my church friends with me at a time. I’ve plunged off a mountain with a trash can over my head, free-falling 198 feet before my safety line caught. I’ve flown in biplanes, sailplanes, seaplanes, parasails, hang gliders, ultralights, a stunt plane, a hot air balloon, an experimental aircraft, and even a doorless helicopter pulling a 180º slide.

I’ve climbed a 57-meter construction crane in South Africa, stood on the helipad atop Paris’ tallest skyscraper, and jumped off the 63rd story of the then-tallest building in the southern hemisphere.

I’ve rafted class V rapids on rivers sixteen time zones apart and helicopter-kayaked atop a British Columbian glacier. I’ve repelled waterfalls on two continents, ice climbed in Argentina and Antarctica, driven a Land Rover through frigid Icelandic whitewater, ice skated in Dubai, and zip-lined more than 600 feet above a rainforest.

I’ve driven a retired Indy car over 180 mph, spun out a Formula 2000 car on a road course, and slid a 300hp Subaru around a gravel rally course. I’ve had my MINI Cooper on the track, off the ground, and over 110mph on the way to church.

Accompanying friends as they crossed items off their bucket list, I’ve hiked some of the most iconic trails in the world, including Peru’s Inca Trail, Canada’s West Coast Trail, Italy’s Alta Via 2, Kauai’s Kalalau Trail, and Switzerland’s Walkers Haute Route.

I’ve wakeboarded, snowboarded, and river boarded—in the coldest river in France (3ºC) and in a deadly river in New Zealand.

I’ve surfed in the Arctic Ocean (200km north of the Arctic Circle). I’ve snowboarded, snow skied, and driven a go-kart on snow in a wind chill of -30ºF. I’ve driven a snowmobile to the Continental Divide and pushed one to 84mph in Jackson Hole. And I’ve done 79mph on the back of an Olympic bobsled run with the former Jamaican bobsled coach depicted in Cool Runnings.

SPIRITUAL LEADER

I have created and/or led several different kinds of group study programs. I currently co-lead Dude Group, a spiritual adventure community. I co-lead a serving incubator of almost 50 people. Fifteen years ago, I published Word on the Street, a 194-page devotional book. I’ve preached in Nepal and taught Sunday school at a Latinx church—both through translators. A minister’s son and Christian college student leader, I’ve heard more than 6,000 Bible lessons, sermons, and devotionals. This book reads like none of them. Tales of my spiritual and/or physical adventures can be found at Explorience.org.