Job Title: Senior Pastor
Family: one wife Christine, two daughters Macaelagh and Sydney, four sons Tanner, Ethan, Yance and Zane
Education: - BA in Philosophy-Religion, Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, CA) 1989
-Master of Divinity; missiology emphasis, Nazarene Theological Seminary
(Kansas City, MO) 1994
How long have you been at Ship Naz? 14 years as Lead Pastor
Favorite Food: steaks & shrimp on the grill
Favorite TV Show: Lost was great; FlashForward was very good – but cancelled
Favorite Movie: well, I’m a guy, so (obviously): Jeremiah Johnson (1970s), Red Dawn (1980s), Braveheart (1990s), Last of the Mohicans, The Patriot, virtually any Clint Eastwood (timeless), the last (new) Star Trek, Clash of the Titans, Serenity, The Star Wars franchise, LOTR, Dances with Wolves, Avatar was good (Dances with Wolves with tall, deadly smurfs) and many others
Favorite Pastime: trout, surf fishing, hunting season, canoeing, backpacking and camping, a week at the beach with my family, waterfowl, reading in the hammock, tinkering with and shooting 19th century infantry rifles, theology with coffee, ecology, sustainable lifestyles
Personal Heroes: people who have mentored me (my deepest gratitude), people who invest themselves in relieving the suffering of the world, especially the developing world (again, my thanks)
Random Fact: (2 claims to fame)
1) I was on the environmental biology field team that got the California gnatcatcher on the Endangered Species list;
2) when I was 2 years old I sat next to Johnny Carson on a flight from California to Chicago (he was not happy with me)
(1 claim to greatness) I married a girl from West Virginia