Me

I love spending time with my wife, Carly, and our daughter, Cece. All of us enjoy spending time with our dog Rupert. (We also have a cat named Mabel, but she mostly just tolerates the rest of us.)

Other loves include: hosting good friends over for dinner, cooking, reading, listening to music, riding motorcycles, playing music, enjoying art and architecture, watching auto racing (mostly of the open-wheel variety), traveling, spending Saturdays watching college football, and writing.

Like most writers, however, I spend most of my time thinking about writing rather than actually doing it.

I hold a degree in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I focused my studies mostly on late Medieval and Early Modern literature, and an M.Div. from the School of Theology at Sewanee, the University of the South. I’ve studied in the United Kingdom twice– once at the University of York, and once at Westcott House, University of Cambridge. I’m currently pursuing my Doctor of Ministry in Preaching at Sewanee, where I am working on a project focusing on the preaching of John Claypool.

In 2010, I co-founded the now inactive site Faith Line Protestants, which acted as a resource for those exploring the intersection of evangelism, service, and interfaith cooperation. Though FLP no longer exists, my passion for building relationships across lines of difference remains central to my life and ministry.

My work has also appeared on the Huffington Post, RELEVANT Magazine, Sewanee’s From the Mountain alumni magazine, and the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog. I also maintain a (somewhat) active Substack called The Parochial Report.

I have served congregations in Orlando, FL, Birmingham, AL, and Austin, TX.

Currently, I serve as the Canon for Vocations in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, where I focus on raising up, equipping, and supporting leaders for mission, ministry, and service to the church and the world. 

I’m glad you’re here.