About Josh Renaud

So you want to know a little about me? My name is Josh Renaud. I've been a Petra fan for as long as I can remember, and I've been running this website since 1998.

I met my wife Yoli because of Petra. She was a fan living in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in South America. We were married in 2003, are family quickly grew. We now have four wonderful children.

In my spare time, I publish original computer history research, interviews, and lost software on my website, Break Into Chat.

I have worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch since 2004 as a visual and data journalist. For many years I designed news and sports pages for print. Now I analyze data and make online graphics. In addition to my full-time job, I also have a modest web-design business when I have time.

Before joining the Post full-time, I also worked for the St. Louis Business Journal, ¿Qué Pasa?, and the Public Policy Research Center.

I graduated in Jan. 2003 from the University of Missouri — St. Louis with a B.A. in Communication and a Writing Certificate.

During my time at UMSL, I worked at the student newspaper, The Current. Over the years, I was a reporter, production manager, web editor, and eventually editor-in-chief.

I have lived in St. Louis most of my life, but I am a transplanted Texan. You will find lots of Texas paraphenalia around me.

I served for decades in the children's ministry at Grace Church — St. Louis. I began in the 2 and 3 year old ministry, which later morphed into the 3, 4, and Pre-K ministry.

I love Star Trek, Atari computers, Christian ska, reading, writing, bowling, baseball, disc golf, and many other things.

If you'd like to find out more about me, feel free to visit my personal website.

If you'd like to ask me something, you can . Please don't send me email to ask about concert dates or Petra lyrics or other things that you can find here on the website. There's a wealth of information on this site, so if you have a Petra question, chances are it will be answered by looking around here.

Thanks so much for visiting this website! It has been my pleasure to provide Petra fans with all the stuff here. I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to pray for the band and their ministry, because that's what this is all about.