Hi there...

I'm an author, speaker, social entrepreneur, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. As co-director of the Parish Collective I convene ministry leaders, teach, and consult with organizations seeking human flourishing in particular neighborhoods while also working collaboratively across the city. With two dear friends I wrote about our journey so far in a book called: “The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches are Transforming Mission, Discipleship, and Community”.

I also get to help produce the annual Inhabit Conference and Inhabit Conference UK and am co-designer and instructor at the “Leadership in the New Parish” certificate at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.

 As social entrepreneur, I'm a founding adviser of Impact Hub-Seattle, an innovative co-working space for change makers in both non-profit and business sectors. I curate the "place-based innovation" and "meaning tracks for Social Capital Markets the world’s largest gathering of socially motivated investors and entrepreneurs.  Most recently, I co-founded “Neighborhood Economics” a new venture bringing together pioneering entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, and investors to pursue holistic renewal at the neighborhood level.

I'm a proud Badger from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and have a Masters of Divinity from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. I live in the incredible neighborhood that is South Park in Seattle along with my wife Maria-Jose and our son Lukas.