I believe this is the relevant output from "adb logcat"

1-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at org.jboss.aerogear.android.impl.unifiedpush.AeroGearGCMPushRegistrar.register(AeroGearGCMPushRegistrar.java:90)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at org.jboss.aerogear.cordova.push.PushPlugin.register(PushPlugin.java:156)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at org.jboss.aerogear.cordova.push.PushPlugin.access$000(PushPlugin.java:43)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at org.jboss.aerogear.cordova.push.PushPlugin$1.run(PushPlugin.java:110)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1088)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:581)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.<init>(Handler.java:121)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.<init>(AsyncTask.java:421)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.AsyncTask$InternalHandler.<init>(AsyncTask.java:421)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.AsyncTask.<clinit>(AsyncTask.java:152)
01-28 17:23:57.763 13762 13796 E AndroidRuntime: ... 7 more
01-28 17:23:57.779 1326 1552 W ActivityManager: Force finishing activity com.burrsutter.hellopush/.HelloPush
01-28 17:23:57.864 13762 13762 D CordovaActivity: Paused the application!