I am a native Texan.  I was born and raised in Houston, TX and nurtured in the Christian faith by loving parents and grandparents.  I committed my life to Jesus Christ during my senior year of high school in 1980.  I met my wife Linda during our college years while we were touring all over the world with the Continental Singers sharing the good news about Jesus.  She played piano, and I played guitar.  We were married in Austin, TX in 1984.  I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Abilene Christian University in 1986.  Sensing a call to the ministry, I earned the Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, TX in 1989.  I have served three churches (1989-2009), and I have been an ordained minister in good standing of the Reformed Church in America since 1997.  I have served on active duty as an Army Chaplain (2009-2018) with overseas deployments to Iraq (2004-05), Kosovo (2009-10), and most recently Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait (2016-17).  I have been on the pastoral staff at The Worship Place since January 2019.  Linda and I have three children and two grandchildren.  For personal retreat and renewal, we enjoy our cabin in the piney woods of East Texas.