About Me
I am first a person whose journey with God and others is the orienting center of my life. I seek to share openly of this halting, faltering discovery of the story of God in everyday living.
I can be contacted personally at earthlytents@comml.imap.cc
After 22 1/2 years as a pastor of a Philadelphia area church, and almost two years in New Zealand at Laidlaw College in Auckland, New Zealand, I am located in Dallas, Texas, as the International Director of ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries). ALARM is an organization that seeks to restore communities that have been devastated by tribalism and warfare.
My wife, Naomi, is an amazing person with whom I share my journey. I am blessed with two special children whom I love and admire--Ben, a web designer living in San Francisco Rebekah, our daughter, a singer/actress in Texas.
My passions: reading, popcorn, writing, photography, walking, time with friends and family, thinking about the problem of evil and suffering, peace building and reconciliation, living out the gospel in a postmodern world.
Meredith, I'm so shocked at what has happened in your life so suddenly. I received the news from Naomi this afternoon and immediately came to your blog for the rest of the story. I know it is trite to say that I will pray specifically about this, but I will. What I wonder is why God has chosen you for this trial by fire? So many have traveled this path before you. I think of Amy Carmichael in India who spent the last 20 years of her life in pain from a bad fall. I know God brings glory to himself through such suffering, but it's hard, so hard to be the one he has chosen. Dear Father, be merciful to Meredithand Naomi. Bring healing and peace. You've said we can ask for anything in your name, Jesus, and you will grant it, so this is what we ask -- healing and peace.