: About Me

I'm a man striving to make a difference in the world around me. I'm a husband to the charming and beautiful Susan for twenty-two years, father to twenty-one year old daughter Charity and nineteen year old son Aaron, and grandfather to two year old Allie.

I'm a jack-of-all-trades. For the past ten years I've been in full-time ministry serving both locally and internationally. Lately, I'm specializing in training missionaries for long-term service in cross-cultural environments. I'm passionate about telling the stories of people that lay down their lives to sacrificially serve others.

My passion is ...

making an impact through the written word

I know too much about ...

my opinion

My parents always told me ...

think before you speak

My childhood ambition ...

to be first

My favorite memory ...

waterskiing with teenage friends

Why I write ...

I want you to be part of the story

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Phillip Yancey/Jason Bourne Trilogy/Bruce Springsteen

My first job ...

newspaper delivery

My best moment ...

coming home after time on the road

My inspiration ...

my friends

Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible background study: Book of Philippians

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Philippians and jail go hand-in-hand with Saint Paul. Paul wrote this letter from jail in Rome. If Paul didn't want the Philippians to look to outside circumstances as their source of well being, that's exactly what he demonstrated in his life; joy through adversity. Often Paul's work for the Lord landed him in jail. While in jail Paul sang songs about God. He sang them to God, but everybody present in the jailhouse listened in. A strong earthquake shook the jail so hard that all the doors popped open. But Paul stayed in his cell which convinced a sleepy, suicidal jailer from killing himse...

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