About
Having been published in a college composition text, Michael went on to be cited in a post-graduate text, MORAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS: Judeo-Christian Alternatives to Piaget/Kohlberg by Donald M. Joy, 1983. He most recently contributed a chapter to FLIPPING TABLES: The Seven Deadly Sins and Stories of Redemption, by Luanne Nelson, 2022.
Michael grew up the son of an architect in Snyder, an oil town in West Texas. He lettered in Basketball, Track, and Drama, and was Chaplain of the Student Council. As a teenager Michael worked on his dad's construction sites during the summers and year round on the family ranch in Comanche County, Texas.
Michael became a Student Pastor in the United Methodist Church in 1974 when only 19 years old.
A graduate of McMurry College, Michael matriculated to Asbury Theological Seminary where he earned the Master of Divinity degree in 1981.
During seminary, Michael served as Choir and Youth Director at First United Methodist Church of Paris, Kentucky. After seminary he served as Associate Pastor and Pastor in Charge of churches in Northwest Texas and Arkansas. In all Michael was a Methodist minister for 30 years.
In addition to his duties at church, Michael taught ethics at the University of Central Arkansas, and religion and philosophy at Western Texas College, the latter of which included classes at three prisons of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
In 2000 Michael suffered a terrible boating accident that nearly killed him. The story of his miraculous survival is told in the FLIPPING TABLES book above.
Michael then worked as a case manager for Elder Independence of Maine, as a personal health care manager for his parents in Snyder, and as a disability consultant for the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.
Michael was ordained an Anglican priest in 2018 and is affiliated with the Province of the Holy Spirit, Bishop Bob Biermann presiding, headquartered in 7 Mile Forge, Virginia.