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 must admit that I have not read your blog in a long time, for one reason or another.
I am most sorry to hear about the infection in your spine and the long disability you have had to endure. I don't know anything about New Zealand, or your collegefor that matteer, but I never understood why you choose to move so far away and give up what you had here in the states. Your friends miss you like crazy . I suspect the health care would be better here too, and I don't think you should be doing this trip to South Africia. Suppose you take ill while you are there. (I sound like a Mother, don't I) Perhaps you should put your needs in front of other needs right now.
JUST COME HOME.