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The
banner above is part of a picture of me with our oldest daughter,
clowning around at the beach last year. It's a detail from the
last frame of the slideshow below.
Her
name is Cristin and she is married to Matthew. She is the Program
Coordinator for Duke University's Information Science and Information
Studies (ISIS) program. Matt is a realtor with Peak, Swirles, and Cavillito Properties.
Miriam is our youngest daughter
and is the Dean/Staff Assistant for Duke's Program in Education. She is marrying Daniel in
September. Dan is Assistant Manager for EB
Games
(recently purchased by Gamestop) in Randleman, NC.
My wife of 30 years, Susan, is the Administrative Business Manager
for the Dean of Arts & Sciences at Duke University. We are originally from Springfield, Ohio, moving to Durham, NC, in 1990.
In 2000, I was called to Graham, NC, to pastor Graham Friends Church. In 2002, we moved to Graham.
I guess that means I am about to begin my eighth year as pastor
here.
This is my fourth pastorate. I served
the One Way House (now called Fellowship
Christian Church)
in Springfield, Ohio, for almost 6 years in the 70s, St Paul
United Methodist Church in the same town for 3 years in the early
80s, and Christ UMC in Lakeview, Ohio, for almost 6 years, just
before moving to NC in 1990.
Susan and I are both graduates
of Ohio Wesleyan University where we each majored in English
Literature. Susan also minored in Russian History. She's a bright
one, that Susan—Phi Beta Kappa to boot. In
2004, I received the Master of Arts in Theology from Houston Graduate School of Theology,
now called Carolina
Evangelical Divinity School.
But
what have you done for me lately? In addition to being husband,
father, pastor, and Police Chaplain, I have been busy almost
daily for over two years, writing Daily Reform. It was originally
started on another site and I am migrating it to this site and
building an Archive. Daily Reform
is a three-year
devotional
series built upon scripture
readings called the
Lectionary.
Daily Reform (DR) follows
a weekly theme and each day's devotional has a lesson from the
scripture (I use the English Standard Version), a reading
by or about one of the Reformers or pre-Reformers, a paragraoh
or two where I connect the scripture and the reformation reading,
and an audio recording of all of the above. Additionally, I choose
a piece of art for the week that reflects the theme. Daily
Reform is available on the website, by free
daily email,
and as a podcast.
When DR is fully updated
and migrated, I plan to begin writing a similar project called
Daily Fathers, basing it on The Lectionary and The Early Church Fathers. |
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