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Why, hello! I'm Michael.

I'm an Assoc. Pastor at Phoenix United Reformed Church in Arizona. This site is where I share useful resources I've found online, as well as my own creative works. 

BACKGROUND

I was born in 1984. Incidentally, this wa the year Bill Waterson began publishing Calvin and Hobbes, which would become the literary staple of my childhood. These oddly deep comics imparted to me an early love of creativity, reflection, philosophy, and humor. Together with C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia and J. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, thoughtful fiction shaped my thinking and character. At ten, I received my first Bible from a relative (my family was not religious at this point) and began reading it voraciously. There was something unique and powerful about the Scriptures which I had never experienced before. Not long after, my parents were converted and we began attending church. Throughout my adolescent years, I had no greater passion than to study and discuss God’s Word.

Besides owning and operating a commercial photography business for ten years, I worked a variety of jobs before returning to school for pastoral training at age twenty-seven. Since then, I completed an undergraduate degree in Biblical Studies and a four-year Masters from Westminster Seminary in California (M.Div, 2016). Prior to joining Phoenix United Reformed Church as Associate Pastor, I served as a foreign missionary in Australia and at several churches in the States.

My wife, Ashley, and I have two sons whom we love deeply. We all enjoy the outdoors and camp whenever possible.

It is my privilege and passion to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and prepare the next generation of disciples for his mission.