The son of an Assembly of God pastor, Dan set out on his own in his late teens. He
spent a number of years in the heart of the 1970’s counterculture movement in
Northern California, during which he studied yoga, Eastern mysticism and various
New Age beliefs. A life crisis in 1983 led to a dramatic conversion experience at
which time he acknowledged Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord.
A short time after his marriage to Michele Hathaway in the mid-1980’s, they were
drawn to the beauty and depth of Anglican liturgy in the Episcopal Church. Dan’s
call to the ordained ministry was first discerned by his priest in coastal Northern
California, and some years later, while they were living in Gallup, New Mexico, was
fully owned by Dan. After degrees from UC Davis and Sacramento State University,
and a career as a family therapist, Dan matriculated at Trinity Episcopal School for
Ministry in 2000. He was ordained to the priesthood in January of 2004 at All Saints’
Episcopal Church in Reisterstown, Maryland. In 2007 he was called to be Vicar of
Hope Episcopal Church (now Hope in the Desert), and returned with his family to New
Mexico.
Fr. Dan, Michele, and their sons James and Christian now live in Northwest
Albuquerque. Their oldest son, Robb, is presently a student at the University of
Maryland in Baltimore County. In whatever free time they can secure (Michele is a
full-time homeschooler and a freelance writer and editor), they enjoy hiking, camping,
traveling, and literature. They are usually up for an adventure, and always up for a
quiet evening at home.
spent a number of years in the heart of the 1970’s counterculture movement in
Northern California, during which he studied yoga, Eastern mysticism and various
New Age beliefs. A life crisis in 1983 led to a dramatic conversion experience at
which time he acknowledged Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord.
A short time after his marriage to Michele Hathaway in the mid-1980’s, they were
drawn to the beauty and depth of Anglican liturgy in the Episcopal Church. Dan’s
call to the ordained ministry was first discerned by his priest in coastal Northern
California, and some years later, while they were living in Gallup, New Mexico, was
fully owned by Dan. After degrees from UC Davis and Sacramento State University,
and a career as a family therapist, Dan matriculated at Trinity Episcopal School for
Ministry in 2000. He was ordained to the priesthood in January of 2004 at All Saints’
Episcopal Church in Reisterstown, Maryland. In 2007 he was called to be Vicar of
Hope Episcopal Church (now Hope in the Desert), and returned with his family to New
Mexico.
Fr. Dan, Michele, and their sons James and Christian now live in Northwest
Albuquerque. Their oldest son, Robb, is presently a student at the University of
Maryland in Baltimore County. In whatever free time they can secure (Michele is a
full-time homeschooler and a freelance writer and editor), they enjoy hiking, camping,
traveling, and literature. They are usually up for an adventure, and always up for a
quiet evening at home.
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