Growing up Shane was forced to deal with much adversity. His father was an alcoholic and absent from his life, his mother died from a massive heart attack, and Shane lived in a homeless shelter, all by the age of sixteen. He turned to alcohol, parties, drugs, and a superficial lifestyle to fill the persistent void in his life.

Since that time over the past seven years Shane has been traveling around the nation speaking at church services, weekend retreats, summer camps, outreach events and school assemblies. He use humor, truth, passion, and his story to bring across a message of love and hope.