They call him Bruce

Bruce is the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, a Presbyterian Church located in the Excelsior District of San Francisco. Bruce is a native of California's Central Valley and has lived in San Francisco since 1989. He graduated from SF State with a major in sociology, philosophy and Asian American studies and received his graduate degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary.  One of the leading voices of post-modernism within Christianity, in June 2008 Bruce was elected to service as Moderator of the 2.3 million member Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination. This is the highest elected office in the denomination and he will serve until July 2010.  Bruce is also a contributing blogger to The SF Gate and the Co-Host of a Weekly Internet Radio Show, The God Comple: Where fully divine runs smack dab into fully human.

Bruce is third generation Filipino/Chinese American, Oakland A's fanatic and motorcycle enthusiast.  He describes himself as a Apple Macintosh guy, mediocre guitarist and drummer and not nearly as cool or hip as he wants to be or thinks he is.  He also may be single-handedly supporting the coffee industry of the SF Bay Area.  We're certain that he has never met a Social Networking website that he didn't like and you can mostly likely find him twittering at [@breyeschow]  or blogging at [www.reyes-chow.com].

Bruce has lived in San Francisco for the past 20 years with his wife, Robin Pugh and three daughters.

Embracing the Gray is Bruce's first book.