Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
I’ve spent my entire ministry in the world of starting new churches. After graduating from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, I jumped right into the hard work of starting a new church, and I did that work for nine years. I’ve since spent another nine years supporting church planters across the country through the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s…
I am 32 years old and until this year I had never been on a rollercoaster in my entire life. Scared of heights with a sensitive stomach, I never much liked the feeling of falling quickly. I never saw the appeal of being deeply aware of how close you are to death as some pieces…
I’ve often heard successful writers say that you shouldn’t get into writing if you can imagine doing anything else with your life. And, while I never want to limit the wide manifestations of call into one particular rule—as if God speaks to us each in the same language—the way I’ve seen call, both in my…