About

Here is the obligatory bio

My name is Bob Priest. I met Jesus in 1985 when I was 22 after realizing I had many excuses but no reasons to not become His follower. I met my wife to be in 1987 and married in 1988. Our first daughter was born in 1990 followed by our second in 1993.

I attended Philadelphia College of Bible from 1985-88. I later graduated from Emmaus Bible College in 1990. I originally enrolled at PCB as a music major but God had other plans and called me to the Pastorate instead. I started Pastoring churches in 1987 while in school. I was ordained in 1991. I have had the privilege of Pastoring in Western Pennsylvania, Southwest Wisconsin, Northeast PA and the Southeast PA. I left the full time Pastorate in 2006 but not the church or ministry.

During those years I also was a camp Counsellor and later returned each year to teach at the camp. I think camp ministry totaled 20 summers.

What do I enjoy? My family, including our 2 adopted dogs. Reading. Tinkering with computers. Lots of music of all types. And when I can, taking my golf clubs out for a walk. I share my uncles philosophy on golf. If I am paying for this I am going to hit the ball as many times as I can.

Currently I am an Elder at Grace Renewal Church as well as play guitar on the worship team. When the opportunity arises I still get to preach and teach.

This blog is hopefully an extension of my desire to learn, grow and teach. If anything I am  in progress. Truth is we are all theologians as we all have thoughts or opinions of God, deity, spirituality, the supernatural and the after life. That is why I call this Common Man Faith. We are all theologians and that we think about these things affects how we look at life. I hope more people will think deeply on these things and come to real, life transforming decisions.

Also, we are created in the image of God. So in a sense we are also all creators, creating something. Hence my tagline “Create Don’t Copy”. We can enjoy, appreciate and use what others have created. But lets practice the gift of creativity

My goal is to share what I am learning, interact with what I may be seeing and hopefully add some value to the conversation. What I do not want to do as the band Switchfoot said is add to the noise.

Along the way I may share some original music at Common Man Guitar, gear demos or reviews and other ramblings. Maybe even book, music and movie reviews. We shall see.

In the end I am hoping I am able to share something of value to the reader and allow the interactions with others to enable me to grow as well.