I came to a living faith in Christ thanks to a high school outreach group and, during my years of study at Syracuse University, stumbled into a Reformed Presbyterian Church where I was wonderfully counselled, taught and encouraged in the faith. After studying at the denomination’s seminary in Pittsburgh, I went on pastor churches in New Kensington (PA), Boston (MA) and then College Hill (Beaver Falls, PA). During this time I completed graduate degrees in linguistics, and currently research and publish work on the sociolinguistics of New Testament Greek.

My wife June and I have four adult children and a growing host of grandchildren. We have been part of the Tusca Congregation for more than a decade, and I have been in a pastoral role there since 2010.