Meet My Guest Bloggers for the Next Seven Days

Tomorrow morning we leave for Madison, WI for good.  We are going to be taking a seven day journey from ABQ to Madison as we stop to see family and friends along the way.  During that time I'll have a great line-up of guest bloggers starting tomorrow until the following Friday.  They are...

Bryan Lopez:
My name is Bryan Lopez and I reside in the “Land of Enchantment” (New Mexicom).  I am a Systems Engineer who happens to be a theology major (don’t ask how those are related, because I still don’t know other than they both require logic). I have an amazing and beautiful wife who is by far more talented, organized, and stronger than I. We have three amazing kids who never cease to amaze me and fill me with humility and joy. We are also in the process of adopting from Ethiopia, we hope to bring home our baby by December of this year. My wife and I own a company call Baby Zoowon that supports orphan care and adoption, check us out. If you want to know more about me check out my blog at www.bryanlopez.com.

Dan Cruver:
Dan Cruver is the co-founder and director of Together for Adoption, an organization that was founded to mobilize the church to care for orphans by providing gospel-centered resources that explore our adoption in Christ and its profound implications for the global orphan crisis. Dan regularly writes and speaks about the Gospel and its implications for earthly adoption and the care of orphans. He recently wrote the foreword to Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption by Dr. Joel Beeke. He and his wife, Melissa, have three children, two of whom were adopted.

Doug Wolter:
I am a happy husband and proud daddy of two girls and one boy.  I serve as pastor of children and education at LaGrange Baptist Church in LaGrange, Kentucky where I’m zealous to see the gospel unite us and propel us as a community on mission together for the glory of God.  I enjoy reading, blogging, exercising, and doing life together with my church and family.  I also had the privilege of sharing a house with Zach while attending the now famous University of Northern Iowa!

Michael Kelley:
I’m a Christ-follower, husband, dad, author and speaker. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, with my wife Jana who is living proof of the theory that males are far more likely to marry over their heads than females are. We have three great kids, Joshua (5) and Andi (2), and Christian (less than 1). They remind me on a daily basis how much I have to grow in being both a father and a child.  I work full time for Lifeway Christian Resources, where I’m a Bible study editor. I also get out on the road some to speak in different churches, conferences and retreats.  I also like fruit-flavored candy.

Carlos Griego:
Carlos is the college and young adult minister at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM where I serve as well. He is passionate about the gospel, loves to teach the Bible, is a great Dad and likes to watch UFC and New Mexico Lobo basketball. He hopes to be a church planter in Rio Rancho, NM in the next few months and from what I know of him, he will do very well in that role.

Greg Schneeberger:
Greg is the minister to youth and families at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, NM, though his real full-time job  is achieving as much spaz as possible in all of life.  He loves to think about theology, politics, economics, ecclesiology.  You will like him.

Todd Bumgarner:
Todd Bumgarner is the pastor and church planter of 2 Pillars Church, an Acts 29 church plant in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Todd attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he graduated in 2002 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. This was followed by eight years in St. Louis where he worked as an Electronics Design Engineer at the Boeing Company while also earning a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (M.S.) from Washington University.  He and his family recently moved back to Lincoln to start 2 Pillars Church in the downtown heart of Lincoln while simultaneously founding The 815 - a community venue aimed at serving the local artists and musicians in Lincoln.  Todd is also currently finishing up work on a M.A. in Theological Studies at Covenant Theological Seminary.