Raising a faithful family is hard work. I build tools that help men lead their homes in the faith, and help churches shepherd their people.
Shprd is the first app: Bible reading, chores, rewards and the family calendar in one place, for whoever leads the home. Genesis Labs is the studio behind it, and church tools come next. My wife and I are building both on our own money, and I write most of the code. Before this I served 21 years in the U.S. Navy and retired in 2024 as a Senior Chief Machinist's Mate.
Writing
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Start here · The Shprd Pillars, part 1 of 11 A Shepherd, Not a Spectator The opening article of the Shprd Pillars series: Scripture treats shepherd as a real job with real duties (leadership, protection, provision), and in too many homes the watch stands unmanned. Read it → 
Essays
Life and Faith Belong Together Why I left a career in complex systems to build faith-centered software for families and the church — and the conviction underneath all of it. 
The Growth Tool I Turned Down I had a one-click way to add a referral program to my app. It would have quietly handed off my users' contacts. Here's why I built it myself instead. 
Degraded Mode: How I Build AI Agent Systems That Don't Fall Over The disciplines that keep large, life-or-death systems reliable — protocols, redundancy, degraded-mode operation, and leading people — are the same ones I use to build production AI agent systems at Genesis Labs. What I'm building
A family discipleship app: Bible reading, chores, rewards and the family calendar in one place, for whoever leads the home. Built on four marks of a shepherd:
LeadershipProtectionProvisionSacrificial care Join the waitlist at shprd.us →Tithing, small groups, events, and congregational Bible reading, built for ministry leaders. We're shaping the first pieces with a few pilot churches.
The data layer under Shprd, opened up for churches and ministries building their own faith-first tools. In design with partner builders.
Main & Maple Local tech studio · separate from Genesis Labs
Websites, AI call answering, Google Business Profile setup, and tech help for small businesses in
Kendall County and the Fox Valley.
mainandmaple.co → Work together
Faith-based AI consulting
I help ministries and faith-driven founders plan and build AI systems they can trust, with people kept in the loop and the privacy questions settled up front.
How I work →Follow & support the build
Shprd is bootstrapped and onboarding its first families. Join the waitlist, follow along as it ships, or help fund the work.
Shprd is bootstrapped and built on a simple conviction, that life and faith belong together. Its job is to help the shepherd of the house care for the flock, lead, and leave a legacy.
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