Married to Elaine Lee Andrews since June 7, 1975. 

Together we have had the joy (and confusion) of bringing into the world Margaret Olivia Andrews (who loves living in San Francisco working for the Stanford Jazz Fest), McKenna Estey Andrews (who is a struggling illustrator, which means he is a chef at Jerseytown Tavern and mows the church lawn as the church sexton), and Penelope Anne Andrews who had moved back home after three years in NYC, now to finish school and get her teaching degree.

Born July 10, 1953 in Fanwood, New Jersey, middle child of Libby and Larry Andrews (with two older brothers, Larry and Ricky, and two younger sisters, Peggy and Evie)



                                                      

Hobbies:



You mean besides a fine bourbon (preferably 101 proof or higher)?

How about a good book, such as Ulysses (both Joyce’s and Homer’s) or Sharpe’s Rifles or The Last of the Mohicans?

How about watching an episode of Dr. Who?  Or any of the B-movies from my collection of over 50 bad and wonderful 1950 era science fiction?   Favorite Movie:  The Thing, (1953 version of course)

Thursdays and Sundays you’ll see me still trying to run as a winger as part of our the Danville Soccer Club (www.danvillesoccerclub.org)

I also have been known to grill a fine Chicken Sate or stew up an even better Jambalaya.


Most Recent Books Read (Bob’s recent reading list):

A Boy's Will, by Robert Frost
Eight Tales of Terror, by Edgar Allan Poe
R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury
Sharpe's Enemy, by Bernard Cornwell
The River of Doubt:  Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard
Sharpe's Rifles, by Bernard Cornwell
Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
War Like The Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta, by Russell S. Bonds
James Madison, by Richard Brookhiser
The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett
In the Garden of Beasts:  Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson

Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis
Man Without A Country, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
Christ and Culture, by H. Richard Niehbuhr
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson
Darwin and the Beagle, by Alan Morehead
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury


Most Recent Trip:


Went to Baltimore to see our daughter get married...


Work History:

Pastor, Grove Presbyterian Church, Danville, Pennsylvania (October, 1989, to present)

Pastor, Penningtonville Presbyterian Church, Atglen, Pennsylvania (September, 1978, to September, 1989)

Student Assistant, First Presbyterian Church, Metuchen, New Jersey (September, 1976, to June, 1978)

Summer Evangelistic Intern, Holy Trinity-Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (summer of 1976)

Prior to all this church work, Bob really did an honest days work unloading trucks and selling paint for his father at the family business:  Young Paint and Varnish Company of Fanwood, New Jersey (where most of the family still works)

Formal Education:

Doctor of Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, May 1994
Thesis:  Christian Faithfulness at Work

Masters of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, June 1978
Thesis:  On the Naming of God

Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, June 1975
Major: English, with certification in secondary education
Thesis:  The Art and Politics of the Greenwich Village Bohemians, 1913-1918


Manuscripts completed:

Rambling Snapshots:  Heading Toward the Setting Sun:  collectoin of expanded columns written on my cross country road-trip, from Chancellorsville to San Francisco

Curvas Peligrosas (Dangerous Curves):  romance/adventure novel that takes place in Honduras.  Dangerous Curves:  for the roads in Honduras, life in general, women in particular…

A Season for Everything:  Tales of a Reluctant Pastor:  A compilation of vignettes of my career in the style of Jean Shepherd meets Bill Bryson meets Annie Lamott…

Nathaniel’s Call:   historical fiction featuring the fictional characters Chaplain Nathaniel McKenna and regimental surgeon Valentine O’Rourke and their adventures through the Civil War as chaplain and surgeon of the 30th Regiment, West Chester Volunteers, First Pennsylvania Reserves.

Keuka Lake:  romance/literary fiction on how to ruin a marriage and reclaim a life


Publications:

Focus on the Physician, “A Heart for Honduras,” September/October 2003
Presbyterians Today, “The Hands of God:  the Damaged Ones in Honduras,” September, 1999)
The Parkesburg Post, columnist, 1981-1989
Chester County Press, coumnist, 1985-1988
Vanguard Magazine, Christian Faithfulness at Work,” June, 1996)
The Presbyterian Survey, “Viewpoint:  Church Growth – No Thanks!,” September, 1986
The Presbyterian Outlook, Contributing Editor, 1982-1983


Current Offices Held:

Columnist, The Danville News
Danville Elementary School:  1st Grade class reader
Member, Danville Soccer Club
Member of the Board of Directors, Gate House
Member of the Danville Area School District Scholarship Committee
Danville Riverside Area Ministerial Association, convener
Montour County Recreation Authority, Secretary
Member, Committee on Service, Presbytery of Northumberland