The Summer of ’69

There is some pride in the fact that I was born in the 60’s.  Granted, it was the last half of the last year, but I made it anyway.

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I was never much of a writer growing up.  My junior year in high school I turned in a compare and contrast essay on poetry. When I got it back, my teacher circled one paragraph and wrote (and this is a direct quote):

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"This paragraph is a massacre of the English language.
It contains virtually every mistake possible in just 4 short lines."

 

So my becoming a writer when I grew up is more of a testament to God's sense of humor rather than any real desire or skill on my part.

 

Both personally and professionally, I am fascinated with language and how we communicate to each other.  I have been writing in the technical sector for almost 30 years and love taking complex, technical concepts and making them accessible, understandable, and useable.  Personally, I love doing the same thing: taking complex theological and sociological ideas and making them understandable, relatable, and practical.

 

Over the past 40 years, I have played a few different roles, both professionally and personally. In addition to writing professionally in the tech world, I have been a pastor, a blues guitarist, a bus driver, a dishwasher, and a pizza cook (to name a few).