I have a fairly extensive educational background with a B.S. in Math, an M.A. in Philosophy, and three graduate degrees in Theology, two of them European. I have had extensive pastoral experience in both the Episcopal Church and the Roman Catholic Church, including a year in Alaska where I had four parishes and flew a plane. I have been included in Who's Who and Personalities of the West and Midwest Award for 1977-78.

As a parish priest to both rich and poor, I have had extensive exposure to people problems in both the confessional and as a counselor. Hence, I try to help people by giving them a different perspective on their problems rather than abstruse theological issues. Adult education has been one of my strengths such as lectures on Scripture and how it relates to problems they can identify with.

We live in a society that increasingly seeks to marginalize, if not omit, religious insights from the public square, as if to imply that it has no legitimate contribution to make to the societal problems we all face. I believe this to be a mistake that seeks to deprive us of legitimate input. Too often today we see an intolerant confrontation that replaces the genuine dialogue characteristic of liberal democracy that has governed our disputations in the past. We speak with a number of guests that provide us with intelligent insights we might not otherwise be aware of. This provides an important contribution to contemporary concerns.