As I pulled into the parking lot that Sunday morning, I began to realize that Living Word Community Church was not the stereotypical church that I had become accustomed to.  On the few occasions that I managed to darken the door of a church, I felt extremely uncomfortable and painfully awkward as I was not... Continue Reading →

My journey began in February 2004, when I accepted an invitation from a good friend, and fellow co-worker, named Todd Toerper, to attend a worship service at Living Word Community Church. To this day, I have no explanation for why I accepted Todd’s invitation other than it was all part of God’s master plan for... Continue Reading →

On May 9th, I checked into Wellspan’s Surgery and Rehab Hospital at Apple Hill to undergo a surgical procedure known in medical terms as a 4-Level Posterior Interbody Lumbar Fusion, otherwise known as a PLIF. Although I had had two previous back surgeries in 2001 & 2005 for multiple herniated discs in my lower back,... Continue Reading →