Resume

Education

Master of Divinity,
School Of Religion at Earlham College
2004 | Richmond, IN
Bachelor of Arts,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
2001 | Chattanooga, TN
Certificate of Study, Guilford College
1997 | Greensboro, NC
Diploma, Ooltewah High School
1993 | Ooltewah, TN

Community Service

District Commissioner, Boy Scouts of America
Ivor, VA
ACS Chaplain,
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Chattanooga, TN
Board Member,
United States Selective Service System
Chattanooga, TN

Teaching and other Higher Education Service

Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Bethany Theological Seminary
Richmond, IN
Adjunct Professor, Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Adjunct Professor,
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN
Institutional Review Board Member,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN

Pastoral and Chaplaincy Ministry

Pastor, West River Friends Meeting
Economy, IN
Pastor, Somerton and Corinth Friends Meetings
Ivor and Suffolk, VA
Pastor, Ascension Lutheran Church
Chattanooga, TN
Chaplain Intern,
Seamen’s Church Institute of NY and NJ
Newark, NJ
Chaplain Resident, Erlanger Health System
Chattanooga, TN
Staff Chaplain, CHI Memorial Hospital
Chattanooga, TN

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Publications

“My Advent Menorah: A Lutheran Pastor Reflects on Hanukkah”,
Ginosko Literary Journal
04/2021
“What makes this night different? The story of a hospital room Seder”, The Forward
08/04/2021
“What Has Mexico To Do With Wittenberg? Martin Luther, Juan Diego, and The Virgin of
Guadalupe.”, Lutheran Forum
03/2019
“Reaching The End of Life”, Thirty Thousand Days: A Journal of Purposeful Living
03/2011

Honors and Awards

Honorary Colonel
Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee