Recently Retired
Coolidge, Arizona 85128
(918) 370-3042

• Education: B.S. Physics/Meteorology, Univ. of Tokyo Japan 1967.
• Experience: I became an assoc. pastor in 1997, a full time pastor in 1999, and planted our first church in 2001. Since then, we have planted a church in Oklahoma and have started a teaching ministry back in Arizona, in addition to pastoring a couple of other churches.
• Comment to those looking at my sermons: God has called each of us to do the same thing, but in different ways. I was not called to teach to those who are already highly educated in the Word, but to those who have little or no understanding of the Word - those who need Jesus in their hearts.
• Sermon or series that made a difference: I saw Billy Graham in Tokyo in the 1960's and that turned out to be a very important spiritual marker in my life.
• One of my favorite illustrations: We are like the ducks in Duckville, USA. We line up single-file every Sunday morning and waddle all the way down the street, one behind the other, to go to church. In church, we get excited by what we hear, and flap our wings and peck our beaks. And after church, we tend to go outside, line up one behind the other, and waddle all the way back home just like we came to church a couple hours earlier . . . unaffected and unchanged by what we heard - all to do it again next week.
• Family: I have one son and one daughter, both adults and both profess Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives. I am very proud of them. I have 5 grandchildren. My wife is an excellent teacher of Scriptures.
• What my parents think of my sermons: When I get to heaven, I shall find out.
• What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: She is my second main source of strength as I pursue hard after Jesus. (Jesus is my first .... Phil. 4:13)
• Best advice given to me about preaching: Pray before, during, and after for guidance from the Holy Spirit.
• Books that have had an impact: Of course, the Bible is the #1 impact in my life.
• Hobbies: My family is my highest earthly focus. I like to do oil paintings, build model cars, and I enjoy reading and doing web graphics.
• If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Jesus loves you with a love that is so great that we cannot comprehend. And through that love for us, we are offered all of the glory of God. But we must go through Jesus to get it. There is no other way. If we want what He wants to give, we must do it His way and not our own.
• Something funny that happened while preaching: As a new preacher, I was a guest speaker at a church that expressed itself through yelling, rolling on the floor, barking, etc. (Not saying that is wrong ... just different from anything I had experienced before.) I was flustered as the congregation continually yelled out praises during my sermon. At closing prayer, I meant to say, "Bless us until we come back for the next service ..." but what I said in my broken concentration was ... "Bless us until we come back for the next circus."
• What I want on my tombstone: I am most thankful that Jesus loved me so much, He was willing to wait on me until I loved Him back.

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