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About Me

(This is version 3 updated on January 12, 2023)

I bet my playlist is really confusing to the various algorithms monitoring my listening habits. As I write this I'm listening to Big Band. Tomorrow it might be classic rock or maybe contemporary Christian. I can go from classical to Ragtime in the same sitting. One of my college roommates joked about how I once followed a song by Christian music artist Carmen with Hotel California by the Eagles. I like variety and I like music that tells a good story.

Had you asked a few years ago I would have told you that the jury was still out as to whether or not my life is a good story. Back then I held my personal narrative hostage to the aftermath of codependency, viewing the world through the destructive lies of family addiction. I needed help. That help came from my Lord Jesus Christ. Now in Him I get to enjoy my story, having received His gift of abundant life. Instead of a future of pain and sorrow, I see big things on the horizon with a lot of good chapters still left to write.

It's been over eight years since I wrote my original “about me” post on this blog and four years since I wrote version 2 which is the foundation for this updated version. A lot has changed. I'm in a different chapter, with my first born (of two boys) off to graduate school. I’m writing a series of articles for a magazine called The Sabbath Recorder which is published from the denomination to which I belong.  I've been married over 30 years to a wonderful follower of Christ. We’ve still got one son in the nest but are only a few years off from becoming empty nesters. While raising two children we’ve had our ups and our downs but those have served to make us both better people with a stronger marriage.

I’m still at the same day job which has me wearing many hats in support of scientific research on the senses of taste and smell. That job pays the bills but ultimately my plan is (still)  to become a writer full time, looking forward to the independence that comes with working for myself. I enjoy watching sports, a must for anyone living in and around Philadelphia. I didn't grow up here but the city and its teams have become special to me and I know the next championship is just around the corner.

On this blog you will find a lot about Jesus and about the faith. I'm still growing and would like to share with you as I learn. I would also like to share the many questions I have about the face of Christianity as presented publicly in the United States. Hopefully you can help me find answers as we search together for the truth.

Here you'll also find history posts and book reviews, two of my favorite subjects. As I work on the huge remodeling project I call home I will leave updates on how the work is progressing. I may even drop in a post or two about barbecue (or do you prefer barbeque?). For the record I prefer charcoal. Now free from codependency I have learned to enjoy each day of my journey. Are you interested in tagging along?