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.
Thank goodness you wrote this - I totally support the mosque. There's been one nearby for a while. And the people who worship at the mosque are NOT the ones killing innocents at the WTC. What's the point of a country being founded on for... one thing, freedom of religion if we don't let all religions exist? This is why I have no big issue with prayer in schools. Please. My son prays all the time in school, and so did I. But make everyone do it? Then we'd spend half the day covering all the religions to make sure everyone's God was prayed to. Public school is for education. Not faith.
Also, let all religions exist and be and build worship centers. Aren't we always saying we're not about religion anyway?
Nothing gets in the way of telling people about a relationship with Jesus like saying "you can't be here".