Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you

John Mack.

John Mack, New Haven-ite, Princetonian, THEE cornerstone of a Princeton track dynasty, Chicagoan, and all around good guy, has agreed to be a contributor to thefrontpew.

I don't have a picture of his mug yet. He's my brother from another mother, so we don't really look alike.

But we do share a mutual Godly perspective on things. He, like myself, is a pastor's kid. So he's a natural to give his view from the front pew.

Our fathers have been friends for probably 20 years, as pastors in the village of New Haven and probably knew of each other back in their New Haven High School days. The two of them have been very influential in the village and school as pastors. They are men we are both proud of.

And they are both men who have big dreams for us. Ironically, our dreams may be bigger than the ones they have for us.

John and I have discussed the chances of us following in our fathers footsteps. It could happen. But like John so eloquently put in a sermon of his, he may want to bulldoze his dad's building and build a bigger one.

That is after John has been commisioner of the Big Ten, mayor of Chicago, and my vice president.

We have discussed many topics over the last 8 years or so. Actually, how long is it, John? But together we think we can solve hunger, world peace, and probably 60% of the sports franchises.

We have talked about writing a book together for awhile. We haven't gotten far on that yet, but this blog could open up the door for such things. Personally, I'm looking forward to this.

John, the floor.....blog is yours whenever you like. Hopefully you and your fans will check in and many people will get to see the view from the front pew.

Together, maybe can move people from the back of the church into the seat next to us or the pew right behind us!