Born in Indianapolis, IN. Attended Butler Un.; McCormick Theological Seminary; United Theological Seminary (Dayton, OH--D.Min.)Married with five grown children. Served churches in ND,WV,OH,NY.Grew up loving films, and used them in all of my churches. Have written for Catholic and Protestant publications since 1977, currently for Visual Parables (visualparables.net), Presbyterians Today, lectionAid, and Lectionary Homiletics. Currently lives in Bellbrook, OH, between Dayton & Cincinnati.Featured as speaker/workshop leader at seminaries, conferences, churches from Canada and Maine to California.Edits Visual Parables, a monthly on-line publication dedicated to helping church & peacemaking groups explore and use film. The film reviews published each week for free are included in the journal along with sets of discussion questions, plus other features, one related to the lectionary lessons and film. See the reviews and a sample of the journal at http://www.readthespirit.com/visual-parables/.