About Me
My name is Brian Gardner. I was born on December 27th, 1974, at 10:06 in the morning in Bellflower, California. That makes me 33 years old, but please don’t tell anyone. I am starting to get a receding hairline, which is why I shave my head. I’m a husband, a dad, a son, an in-law, a friend, a small group leader and sometimes a writer.
I’m a homo sapien who blogs. Although my dear friend Alan Goldstein would disagree about the homo sapien part. Bioengineer Alan Goldstein predicts the end of Darwinian evolution thanks to nanomaterials that will help us skip the evolutionary step of cyborg and go straight to homo technicus: a creature with so many modifications which will contain so many smart materials, it will no longer qualify as a homo sapien.
Now back to me…
You might find this difficult to believe, but 12 months ago I didn’t own my domain name, had never touched a piece of WordPress code and knew nothing about blog design. In other words, everything I’ve done with WordPress and blog design in the past year has been self taught, using trial and error.
I find myself hopelessly addicted to blog design and taking nightly runs to Starbucks for a triple shot grande toffee nut latte. Other things I am addicted to are watching Grey’s Anatomy, fantasy football, and the repeat button on my Sarah McLachlan CD’s each night as I sit in bed with my laptop and work on my freelance projects.
Last, but certainly not least, I confess very boldly that I am a Christian. And from time to time, I may write about things on my site that I won’t apologize for - most of which will include my spiritual life, and my walk with God. 7 years ago, my world came crashing down, and I hit the very rock bottom of my life. After a lot of tears and a lot of pain, I started to attend Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL.
I realized that living my life the way I wanted, and not the way God wanted, ultimately put me in the very lowest points of my life. I realized that the deepest parts of me wanted to live a genuinely happy life - that the things I was putting first in my life, I could truly do without.
Over the course of the past 7 years of my life, my life has changed in ways I can’t even begin to describe. And I owe it all to the fact that I am no longer living for myself, rather for God. I have been blessed with a beautiful wife Shelly, and an amazingly wonderful son named Zach.
Life is good, and I’m so thankful that I finally came to my senses. I speak proudly of the fact that I am a Jesus follower, and will share bits and pieces of my spiritual journey throughout the existence of my website.
