Mike found and was found in the Episcopal Church after being nourished by myriad stops along the way: ordained Southern Baptist ministry, participation in almost every mainline Christian denomination and study in five differently confessional seminaries, teaching high school math, coaching wrestling, fishing for salmon in Alaska, and being built up by love after having puffed himself up with knowledge. He is the grateful spouse of Rebecca and the proud father of two children, Daniel and Emory, and caretaker of his canine associates, Maggie the goldendoodle and Dora the newfypoo. He eccentrically makes soap, brews kombucha, mills grain, produces stained glass windows and custom cabinetry, competes in long distance & high intensity swimming and running races, plays the guitar, shops at livestock auctions, and gives a respectable haircut.