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Rick's Talks

Influences

  • Rob Bell
    One of the most brilliant minds I've found.
  • Andy Stanley
    Has helped to shape my views on leadership in ministry.
  • Brennan Manning
    His writings have changed my life in ways that I cannot adequately express.
  • Philip Yancey
    Yancey consistantly challenges me to understand the significance and beauty of my faith in Jesus.
  • Mike Yaconelli
    Mike has influenced my views and practices in student ministry in incalculable ways.
  • C.S. Lewis
    Helped a young doubter to search for answers.
  • Bill Hybels
    Visioneer with integrity and grace.

My Music

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Contact

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  • Website: http://www.bayareacc.org
  • Location: United States

One-Line Bio

I am a Student Minister with a passion for teaching students how to Love God and Love People!

Biography

Well, I come from the great state of Texas. I am the oldest of 3 kids (Brandy, Chris). My mother and father (Rick and Terri) have been married for 28 years! I love working with students! Teens are my life and I can imagine doing anything else.

Here's a bit of insight into how I think:

I want to be passionate about life, about loving others, about fighting for what's right, helping those who are helpless .all the naive, idealistic stuff that people laugh at. I think it's ok to not be ok all the time. I think that love is willing to fight yourself for someone else. I think that our flaws and imperfections give us value. I think people are worried about the wrong things. I think you should love yourself first. I think you should value and maintain your body, mind and spirit. I think farts are funny. I think racism is never funny. I think a guitar is an outlet. I think variety is the spice of life, but most people eat the same thing. I think crying is the most freeing thing you can do. I think being quiet is the most underrated thing ever. I know there is a God. I think that war is not just. I think that Oprah is scary. I think being sweaty is OK. I think that money can buy stuff that breaks. I think pumpkin patches are pretty cool. I think mountain biking is better than drugs. I think someone who is well-read is attractive. I think laughing makes you whole. I think girls who bite their bottom lip when they think should be cloned(joking people...joking). I think hope is better than success. I think the past is old news. I think Frou Frou is a great band. I think my buddies would beat me up for saying that Frou Frou is a great band. I think the cynics don't get it. I think the GIRLS GONE WILD guys should be drug out to a street and beat. I think that tattoos say a lot. I think that religion kills. I think that Bono should win the Nobel Prize. I think words without actions are cheap. I think poet's still live. I think dogs and cats can go-exist. I think the end is another beginning.

Interests

reading, writing, playing guitar, listening to music (big-time), mountain biking, rock-climbing, war movies, The History Channel (awesome), ESPN, Brennan Manning, Rob Bell, U2, Zero 7, Coldplay, Mute Math, Philip Yancey, CS Lewis, coffee shops, concerts...good times in Naptown!