Meet the Rev Daniel Christian

Pastor of St. Luke: Teacher, preacher, counselor and cheerleader for the faith lives of 120 adults, children, and family pets.

Born Into The World: The #1 Song was “Respect” by Aretha Franklin and best picture was In The Heat Of The Night, and Chevrolet introduced the Camaro.

Family: The love of my life Laura, our beautiful daughter Tessa and two Coton de Tulears.

Belief: We are all beloved children of God and God’s grace compels us to love and serve our neighbors, and our world.

Favorite Scripture: Romans 8: 31-39 and whatever I am preaching on each week.

Favorite Book in the Bible: Acts

Music: The Black Eyed Peas, U2, Cold Play,Metallica, Train, Johnny Cash, although these days, lullabies by Raffi are heard most often around the house.

Hobbies: Weight lifting, bike riding, tennis, hiking, dog walking, swing and Latin dancing.

Favorite Recent Movie and Television: The Tree of Life, Somewhere, Toy Story 3, Web Therapy, Weeds, Mad Men, and Sesame Street.

Favorite Book This Year: "Happiest Toddler on the Block", by Harvey Karp, M.D.! It reduced the household decibel level!   "Love, Violence and the Cross" by Greg Love.

Education: Master Of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary, B.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University.

Dan has been featured in the following bay area newspaper articles:

What Mamma Taught Me   http://www.marinij.com/ci_15049322?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com

Marin Minister Rolls Out Spiritual Welcome Mat  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/28/DDR31CLAC8.DTL

The Unimaginable Becomes Real at Christmas http://novato.patch.com/articles/op-ed-the-unimaginable-becomes-real-at-christmas

You may contact Dan at:  revdan@stlukepres.org

Meet Intern Mike Wilson

 As intern I am preparing for a "third career in the second half of life as a first call pastor."  The first career was in radio; working as an air personality, news reporter, news anchor, and eventually News Director for a news-talk station.  From this I moved into a sales career that lasted 20 years.  During this period my faith grew, and ultimately, my wife and I realized that God's call on our lives was for me to be a pastor.  I am in the "candidate" phase of ordination and working toward my Master's in Divinity.

Kathleen and I celebrated our 25th anniversary this year and we have four girls; our oldest is Kindra, then the twins Allison and Amy, and our granddaughter Alyssa.

I like long lazy meals, will always take dark chocolate over milk chocolate, and I really believe winter should last only that one week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

I am passionate about cycling and have completed a double century (200 miles in one day), two centuries and countless other rides.  I also enjoy hiking, fishing, and camping.  With my love of the outdoors it's no surprise that one of my favorite Bible readings is Psalm 8.

Another favorite Scripture reading is Luke's account of the criminal on the cross with its message of Jesus Christ's boundless grace (Luke 23:39-43).  This boundless grace allows doubt to be an element of faith.  It's in Christ's grace I find my purpose and comfort.  What I love about ministry is that I am allowed into people's lives to share this comforting message of grace.

You may contact Mike at: intern@stlukepres.org