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Jack o’ Trades, Master o’ Some.
Middle-aged man with wide range of talents, skills and achievements seeks advancement opportunity and fulfillment of his calling to serve Christ’s church and God's kingdom. Thrives on variety, discovery and challenge. Resourceful; experienced; good in a crisis. Quick Study.
| Husband/Father
(current)
A pretty full quiver, getting fuller. |
Wife, five children, one grandchild so far. Five dogs, four cats and a parrot. All the activity and all the bills. All the concerns and all the joys. |
| Counselor
(current)
A good work which always leads to a reliance on prayer and Biblical wisdom to guide and direct these young students in their bid to overcome. |
Behavior Specialist
(full-time, current) specializing in moral development, motivation
and life skills.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (1974-76). Pastoral Counselor (occasional/ intermittent, affiliated and independent). |
| Department
Supervisor (1990-1996)
Pretty dry stuff to talk about but effective skills to help organizations achieve. |
A dozen instructional staff teaching a variety of vocational skills to students with disabilities. Part of management team. Functions include: leading, planning (local & statewide), resourcing, monitoring, reporting, budgeting, financial accounts management, inventory, safety program oversight/instruction, hiring, personnel performance review, disciplinary action (students and staff). |
| Vocational
Expert, Rehabilitation Consultant, Self-employed (ongoing)
Pretty arcane, and difficult to market in a rural area, but I enjoy the independence and I appreciate the occasional extra dollar. |
Rehabilitation Innovation,
Inc. (1983-1990). Solo consulting: trend analyses for university research
grants and statewide rehabilitation agency; program analyses for rehabilitation
facility; research/develop/teach vocational analysis methods; teach research
methodology and computing skills to facility staff; vocational expert testimony;
life-care planning.
See also vocationology.com |
| Computer
Applications Developer (ongoing)
Not sure how I got here, but it just seems to suite me. I like the unerring logic of the problem solving required to program. It’s also nice to see a complex system actually work! |
McCroskey Job-Person Matching System (1984-1997; big), City Inventory Control System (1992-1997, little), Georgia Social Work Foundation Continuing Education Database (1993-1997, little). |
| Teacher/Instructor
I love to teach; it's the Siamese twin to learning. I have found that I can teach many things better than I know them. Actually, I think this not so extra-ordinary. Encouragement and a challenge go a long way. |
University Professor.
Medical Aspects of Disability; Social Service Policy.
Train-the-trainer. Job Analysis for the Vocational Rehabilitation Business Representatives. Homeschool teacher. Five children educated at home; math, science, advanced writing. Tutor. Math, science, woodwind instruments, computing. Graduate Assistant. Occupational information in Vocational Rehabilitation; supervision in individual/group counseling practica. Statistics/research design for graduate students; grant-funded in-service training workshops in rehabilitation methods; individual/group counseling practica. |
| Nursing
Assistant
Undoubtedly the most servile thing I have ever done, but also one of the most rewarding. Too bad life doesn’t stay so simple. |
Four years experience as a young man supporting his college career. See next. |
| College
Student
A great life, being a perpetual student, but the pay is lousy. What could be more fun than learning? |
Eleven years experience. Bachelor of (pre-seminary) Philosophy (1970). Post-baccalaureate Pre-Medicine (1972). Master of Rehabilitation Counseling (with honors, 1974). Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation (1981). |
| Media
Technician Student Network Television (current)
Another of those things that just happened. I really enjoy stringing gadgets together to see what I can make them do. My father set me this example. This has been a real perq (that’s perk) among my present duties. |
Student run/staff supervised closed circuit TV channel devoted to education and disability-related subject matter. Managerial and technical support. Installed array of four VCRs, production sound mixer with CD, radio, twin cassette tape decks, microphones to switchers to provide maximum flexibility in production and cablecast, on a tight budget, for operation by novice users. |
| HAM (current)
Those gadgets again. Enjoy talking with "friends", especially on the road. |
General Class Amateur Radio
Operator.
Call sign: N4UOM |
| GED
Examiner (current)
I believe achievements such as obtaining a GED are part of God’s deliverance from ignorance and I take pride in being a part of this. |
Administer the GED testing program at Roosevelt Institute and give exams each month. |
| Writer/Speaker
To write. To speak. The great unrequited love of my life. Yet which chall I choose ...? |
Professional/technical articles,
shared and primary authorship (1977-1997). Grants; business prospecti,
annual reports, project proposals.
Unpublished (until now) letters, sermons and essays. Occasional poetry and "poetic pros." |
| Minister
That I have a call to the ministry is one of the bedrock facts of my life. |
President of statewide youth fellowship (long ago). Leisure/resort ministry, two summers. Youth Minister weekends and summers, two years. Summer Associate Minister, one summer. Sunday School teacher, three classes, two years. Pastor of home fellowship for 1.5 years. Pulpit supply. |
| Christian
Apologist
The letters don’t show big enough here. I Enjoy a good debate. I believe I have been given to make the case for Jesus Christ in a hostile and hurting world. Apologetics is a great blend of ministry, study, analysis and writing. Would that I could do more. |
Avid student of contemporary and historical cultures, and their underlying philosophies, vís a vís Christian doctrine and revelation. Lifelong student of the Bible and consumer of theological literature. |
| Musician
Music is one of those areas where my achievements are less than my ambitions, but then, the cost in discipline is very high, and I have so little of it! |
Saxophone: excellent reader, fair improvisationalist; prefer "big band" or "swing"; Occasional fill-in performer for nearby Big Band; play in small ensemble and praise orchestra at local Church. Sing baritone (no big claims here): praise and worship leader, sing to lead (not solo); Men’s Ensemble at Church, good sight reader. Clarinet/Flute/French Horn/Piano: dabble. Occasional simple arranging. Musically knowledgeable; good appreciation. Love to listen. |
| Dramatist
Drama can restore the spirit to words that have gone stale with familiarity. |
Love it. Theater in high school and college. Often use dramatic style in speaking/preaching/teaching. Current project: The Passion of Paul: the book of Philippians in monologue; other works to follow, highlighting the apostle Paul’s heights of passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his beloved Churches. |
| Repairman/Renovator
Probably ought to call this jack-leg engineering. Nothing restores like a thing well-fixed. I take some pride in renovations. However, projects of this magnitude can tax the limits of one’s recreational intentions |
Love to repair things. Motto:
"Rehabilitation is my life: if it can be broke, it can be fixed." Enjoy
learning/understanding how things work, especially engineering repairs
and innovating/improving on design and function.
Six months as framing carpenter. Renovated three homes; complete kitchen/bathroom installations. |
God is real. He is the fount of all fact, truth and grace. We can know about Him from the scripture we call the Bible. And we can know Him in our relationship, through the Holy Spirit, to Jesus -TheWord - who is our redeemer by virtue of His very real death and resurrection. All of life, every moment, presents a choice to yield to God through Jesus’ loving lordship - or not.