There are a number of important things taking place in my life right now. The first and most important is my family. My wife Pat and my son Kevin. We have enjoyed another winter, some snow would have been nice, but here in suburban Philadelphia it was not to be. We are looking forward to another adventurous spring and summer. Kevin will be 7 this fall. It is hard to comprehend how quickly the time has passed.
I hope to do some sailing this summer, it has been a while since I’ve had the sunfish in the water and right now it is about 5 hours from home.. It needs some work but, it will be good spend some time on the lake again. An ongoing task has been some upgrades and repairs to our home, I have already enjoyed some time working in the yard, doing some gardening and the like. We’ve got a few projects planned for the summer. I’m not sure what all we will end up doing.
I am the Senior Pastor at Philadelphia First Church of the Brethren. I have been pastoring there for about thirteen years. In that time I have finished a Doctor of Ministry degree at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield Pa. and am presently working on my first degree black belt in the Kempo tradition.
A little about my educational and professional history:
Before I finished my High School days, at Forest Hills High School in Sidman, PA, I was licensed to the ministry by the Pike Run Church of the Brethren in Somerset Pa in May of 1987. The fall of 1987 found me in Bridgewater Va.
I spent my undergraduate years at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater VA. Bridgewater is a small private college that has a historical relationship with the Church of the Brethren. I was a Religion and Philosophy major. I graduated in 1991. I spent a few years after that pastoring two churches in central Pennsylvania, Yellow Creek and Bethel. 
I began pastoring the Beech Grove Church of the Brethren in Hollansburg Ohio in January of 1994. In September of 1994 I began a Masters program at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Indiana. I finished my Masters of Divinity in May of 1998. And was ordained to the ministry in the church of the Brethren.
In January of 1999 I began serving as the Pastor of the Philadelphia First Church of the Brethren. In 2002 I began a Doctoral program at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pa, I will graduated in the spring of 2009, the focus of my work has been on small groups spiritual formation.
