Résumé

Experience 

St. Luke's Episcopal Church – Atlanta, GA 

July 2024 - Present 

Associate Rector for Congregational Development and Pastoral Care 

• Guides clergy team and parish committees to provide pastoral care for an urban congregation in the heart of Atlanta. 

• Preaches and leads worship.

• Oversees stewardship planning, campaigns and endowment initiatives in collaboration with lay leaders.

• Advises and supports congregational development by coordinating and managing small group development, including new initiatives such as the Porchlight Fellowship.

• Develops collaborative community, ecumenical and interfaith relationships for programming, fellowship and outreach. 

• Shepherds newcomer initiatives and integration.

• Plans special pastoral care programming: eldercare, grief and mental health support, recovery, healing prayer, and other ministries as needs arise. 

• Coordinates implementation of Realm church management software for congregational development, giving and parish life. 

• Monitors and manages parish benevolence grants.

• Oversees pastoral visits, pastoral offices and funeral planning. 

• Leads multigenerational Christian education, forums and Bible study. 

• Coordinates the St. Luke's-Camaguey, Cuba, mission partnership. 

• Assists in managing social media accounts, exploring new ways to provide online storytelling and teaching. 

St. James’s Episcopal Church – West Hartford, CT 

September 2022-July 2024 

Associate Rector 

• Assisted with preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and administering the sacraments and other leadership responsibilities. 

• Shepherded the Good News Garden ministry, including the construction of a new greenhouse, expansion of outdoor growing beds, and organizing and supporting volunteers who plant and harvest vegetables for hunger programs. 

• Supported and led the healing prayer ministry, including regular healing services and prayer stations during communion. 

• Assisted with congregational development using Breeze church management software. 

• Served as chaplain for the Saturday morning men’s group. 

• Facilitated Sacred Ground sessions. 

• Regularly led multigenerational Christian education, coffee-hour forums and Bible study. 

• Identified and led creative worship and education offerings, including the blessing of the animals, interactive, no-rehearsal Christmas Eve pageant, and Creation Care liturgies. 

• Developed collaborative community and ecumenical relationships. 

• Managed social media accounts. 

• Explored new ways to provide online storytelling and teaching. 

Trinity Church Wall Street (Trinity Church NYC) – New York, NY 

June 2016-September 2022 

Trinity Retreat Center, West Cornwall, Connecticut 

Executive Director, Visitor Experience (October 2020-September 2022) 

Executive Director, Programming (June 2016-September 2020) 

• Developed and led faith-based retreats for all ages. 

• Planned and managed the annual operating budget, supervised the front office, programming and farm staff, and helped oversee the stewardship of facilities on a 55-acre mission property. 

• Created an agrarian ministry with working farm and donkey sanctuary for faith formation and reconnecting visitors from around the world to God’s creation. 

• Shared in liturgical duties, including preaching, leading Daily Office services, and online retreats. 

• Served as community liaison with local governments and churches. 

• Managed social media accounts. 

• Shepherded sponsorship of a family of Syrian refugees, providing housing, jobs, and education opportunities at the retreat center. 

St. John’s Episcopal Church – New Haven, CT August 2020-October 2021 

Seminarian in Residence 

Shared in preaching, liturgical, pastoral and teaching duties. Developed “digital discipleship” program of volunteers to plan and run regular online services and programs during Covid-19. 

The Oregonian – Portland, OR 1999-2016 

Staff writer, columnist, and multimedia coach 

Reported on a wide range of topics, including prisons, religion, government, transportation, history, and popular culture. Won awards for investigative and explanatory reporting, including a 2013 National Headliner Award and a 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Award for investigative reporting. Appeared frequently on radio and television networks, including NPR, PBS, CNN, and Al-Jazeera, to discuss stories of regional and national significance. 

Wired.com 1998-99 

Freelancer 

Education 

Yale University – New Haven, CT 

M. Div. 2022 

Diploma in Anglican Studies from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale 

Honors: 2022 E. William Muehl Prize in Preaching, 2021 William Palmer Ladd Prize for Academic Distinction, and 2020 Eleanor Lee McGee Prize for Academic Distinction. 

Central Washington University – Ellensburg, WA 

BA: Journalism, minor in political science 

University of Ulster – Coleraine, Northern Ireland 

Study abroad program focusing on Peace and Conflict Studies, 1993-94