He and his wife, Lindsey, served on staff with a campus ministry (Cru) for 9 years at UNO, Creighton, and K-State. They have two adopted boys, Zane (5) and Zeke (2). Tyler has spent time engaging fraternity and sorority culture on the college campus, the arts & entertainment culture as a disc jockey, and most recently the Benson culture as a church planter. He is passionate about equipping people to live out the gospel in every area of their life and every sphere of culture.