Josh
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Location | San Carlos/Redwood City, CA, United States |
| Introduction | I am a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Currently, I spend half my time serving with a medium-sized suburban congregation in San Carlos and half my time working on a number of missional experiments in neighboring Redwood City; prior to arriving in Northern California, I was the solo pastor of a smaller church in Southeastern Oklahoma (two very different cultural contexts). I was an English major at the University of Colorado, have a Master of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and have a Doctor of Ministry degree (focused on missional leadership) from Fuller Theological Seminary. I am married and have two children. Members of my faith community ask challenging questions (which I appreciate); but the toughest questions come from my children. |
| Interests | atonement, basketball, biblical studies, church planting, church/state relations, culture, early church, ecclesiology, ethics, exercise, hermeneutics, learning, missiology, mission, missional church, New Testament studies, Pauline studies, peacemaking, politics, reading, soteriology, teaching, tennis, theology, travel, writing |
| Favorite movies | Crash, Finding Nemo, I Am Legend, The Princess Bride, A River Runs Through It, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, Waking Ned Devine, WALL-E, What About Bob? |
| Favorite music | Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, Rich Mullins, Rob Thomas, Tom Petty, Rachmaninoff, Sting, U2, The Who |
| Favorite books | The New Interpreter's Study Bible (NRSV), Book of Common Worship, Dom Casmurro, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Jesus the Savior, Life Together, Mere Discipleship, Missional Church, A Peculiar People, Resident Aliens, Till We Have Faces, Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms |