I am currently serving as Associate Pastor here at DSBC. I was born and raised in Texas, attending Texas City High School where I met my wife Rosanne, whom I married in September 1970. She has faithfully followed me in my career as it took us to Denver, back to Texas, to Minneapolis/St. Paul, to Phoenix in 1990, to Zurich, Switzerland for 5 years and back to Phoenix in 2000. We have one son, Andrew, who is 30 years old and teaches sixth grade in the Paradise Valley School District. He is married to Shannon and we have three beautiful granddaughters, Emma Rose, Hayden Nicole, Riley, and the newest edition, Noah.
11 years ago I would have said you were crazy if you had even suggested that I would be attending church in 2006, much less actually be a pastor. I came to know Christ here at Desert Springs in 1995. Through a remarkable series of circumstances (you might call them miracles), highlighted by my service at the International Protestant Church of Zurich, I felt the Lord calling me to His service. Upon our return to Phoenix, I left my career (not entirely voluntarily) of 23 years as an Avionics Specialist with Honeywell and began attending Phoenix Seminary full time in September 2001. I graduated with my Master of Divinity degree in April of 2004. Circumstances seem to have placed me here at Desert Springs at that time to assist in a process of change that was then taking place.
I am excited to serve with Rick, our other pastors and directors, our staff , with our elders, and with you the congregation as we discover what God has in store for us here at Desert Springs Bible Church.