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I grew up in Plainfield, Indiana, just west of Indianapolis. I attended Plainfield High School, where I played saxophone for the jazz band and carried a bass drum about for the marching band. I also converted from a vague high school consumerism to a somewhat less vague high school Christianity. Not insignificantly, I decided to attend Milligan College, a Christian liberal arts school. |
| When I had finished high school, I moved to Johnson City, Tennessee, where I attended Milligan College, majoring in English and philosophy and minoring in Bible. After I graduated there, I took up studies across the street at Emmanuel School of Religion, a graduate seminary. During those three years I taught my first year of college English at Milligan, learned Hebrew and Greek, and most importantly married Mary. |
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In 2002 another graduation moved us to Bogart, Georgia, just west of Athens. I worked my way through a master's degree in English, taught a semester of college English and speech at Emmanuel College (no relation), and most importantly became father to Micah. |
| Now, still living in the Athens area (one town further west), I am working on my Ph.D in English literature, teaching freshman composition (which, because the college has been kind, involves teaching Plato and the Hebrew Bible), and most importantly serving my family, my congregation, and my students as faithfully as I can. |
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