It's a deliberate choice to use a picture of my family to let you know more about me.
Family is a powerful part of all our lives.
There is a lot that can be said for training and education, but instead of saying a lot of things about mine, let me talk to you about my family and our experience in pastoring. My wife Elisabeth and I met and married at the height of the Jesus movement. If you are without a splash of gray around the edges that was a nationwide revival among young people in the 60s and 70s, a period that was a time of counter culture movements among both non-believers and believers. I came from a long line of ministers and ministry. All the men in my family for the last three generations had been pastors or missionaries.