I've become an interfaith peacemaker. Here's my journey: My first sense of vocation was to college teaching. With an academic background in philosophy and languages, I had intended to earn a doctorate in either of those fields.
But military service interrupted my graduate studies. I managed to complete an M.A. in Philosophy before going on active duty in the Navy. In 1970, while serving as a military advisor to a South Vietnamese coastal patrol group in the Mekong Delta, I had a spiritual awakening, and decided to study theology. It was there, in that very remote and different culture, that I sensed the gift of sacred Spirit to people everywhere.
After returning from the war, I eventually earned a Ph.D. in Christian Social Ethics, and later an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy. Throughout 30 years of ministry I have kept one hand in the local church, and one in academia. I have worked as a campus pastor, church pastor, pastoral psychotherapist, seminary professor, and most recently as an interfaith peacemaker.
My growing edge these days is with an organization I founded, Interfaith Tech Associates; and I'm also helping New Castle Presbytery start a training program for Commissioned Lay Pastors.
