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Do you ever wonder how someone came to faith or how they keep their faith? Growing up in the church, faith was just an assumed element of life. You didn't question it; you just had it or you didn't. The how and the why were rarely discussed. Over time, I've grown curious about how people have come to faith and why they stick with it.

But that's not the full story. I'm also curious about leadership in church spaces. What makes some churches tick while others flounder? Why are some vibrant and life-giving and some are toxic and soul-sucking? This curiosity has led me on a quest to help churches be healthy and life-giving.

Hello.

My name is James

I grew up in the church in rural-ish New Castle, Pennsylvania. I've been an insurance salesman, a grocery store manager, a data entry clerk, and even a teacher. Since 2015, I've been a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA), facing the challenges of a declining church, a global pandemic, and all that goes with those things. Longer than anything else, I've been a husband and a father of two. Since 2022, I've pastored a church in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

I grew up in a home of teachers who valued education, so I have a BA in English (Baldwin-Wallace College), an MDiv (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), and am working on a DMin in adaptive leadership (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary).

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