HHmmmm...What
can we say about our unique
heteroclite pastor/goatherder/
Well. he was born on his birthday, and his dress is for sale on Ebay. Any questions?
person of his age alive), came to know
and trust

Jesus
Christ after his freshman year (Dave's freshman year,
not Jesus's) at Fresno
Pacific University. This conversion was so radical that Dave has
been a convinced Holy
Heteroclite ever since; even (against his better judgment)
becoming an interim pastor before graduation. Soon after meeting Jesus, Jesus
introduced him to Sonya Kriegbaum, who became Sonya Wainscott (against her
better judgment) on August 30, 1985. Dave, who grew up (?) in Sacramento;
Fresno; Liverpool, New York; and Guilford, Connecticut, has always considered Fresno
home base, so he is thrilled to be pestering (not a typo) in the city of Fresno he loves.
Dave's degrees (Don't be impressed; Dave always says you can have more
degrees than a summer day in 
American
Christianity, and is starting all over again in these most amazing/emerging/shifting/liminal
days in church history. He and his church belong to a non-denominational network
of "new wineskin" (Dave is kind of a "New Wino")
ministries; it's called Grace
Covenant, and Dave
He and Sonya have two children: Tim,
age 14,who his younger sister Sara,
age 11, who loves and pastors animals. This may have something to do with the
two quasi-Christian
cats, a saved dog, and one Calvinist guinea pig, who have been known to live
with the
Wainscotts.
As for Dave's awesome neighbor, Josh
Wood, he's quite an artist; the picture on the left was whipped out in mere
seconds as Dave shamelessly posed for St. Josh Wood (when Josh was 111
years old).
Dave, who loves to listen (to God and you) as well as
speak (pastoring for a couple of decades;
and
speaks at events, camps, and retreats). Some of the topics he is asked to speak
on include postmodern/culture shift, "set
theory," personal and church renewal, in
depth Bible Study , cross-cultural communication, Myers Briggs and
Spiritual Formation, spiritual warfare, U2
and "How To Be Awesome Like Penny Ward WhenYou Grow Up." He loves
to pray, read (check out his crazy
booklist) and swim (though not usually at the same time), and is
planning to take most of you that are reading this with him to Israel, Peru,
or Haiti this year, or on a
mission trip to someplace you never thought you'd want
to go.
Dave serves on the board
of New Creation
Ministries (www.newcreationmins.com),
a...ahem...sex-addiction recovery ministry. He
is currently writing on issues of church
and culture, and blogs and brags about it at his 'Holy Heteroclite' blog,
as well as his outrageous www.MySpace.com
(yes, he's that hip and young at heart...no, he's not a stalker) site: www.myspace.com/chiefdreamer.
He also sporadically
maintains a Spiritaneous blog at www.davestuff.blogspot.com,
which currently theologizes on U2 by way of David Letterman,
SpongeBob and Jurgen Moltmann!
Yes, he's an eclectic nut, and self-confessed heteroclite (Hey, look
that word up here, before you draw any conclusions! You are probably one,
too!)
Bless
him with an encouraging email (include money in the
envelope). And seek him out for
prayer,
coffee or conversation (sometimes all at once). He loves you, and you can't do anything
about it!
By the way, if you are

stumped by the "photo" of Dave at the upper right. position your
computer mouse's cursor (I know..your mouse always curses!) over it to
read the story behind it. Then if you are wondering why Dave appears to be
wearing a dress in it, click here
for that shocking story.