The Clergy

I began my tenure at St. Francis in 2022. Before accepting my current call, I served as Rector at St. Luke’s on the Lake Episcopal Church in Austin and at Christ Episcopal Church in Temple, TX. Before that I was Associate Rector for youth and families at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Enough about the boring professional stuff and here is a quick snapshot about who I am and my family.

I am the happy husband of Vanessa and we are the proud parents of Lennox, our son, Brooklyn, our daughter, Hershel Walker, our chocolate lab, and Brisco, our English Pointer. Together we get into more trouble than I am willing to write on this page!

I love being able to form relationships with people and watch them grow deeper in their faith with God. This is not something I take for granted, but the core of my ministry as a priest and something I rejoice in every day.

Matthew 22:37-40

St. Francis called me to as Associate Rector in September 2023. Before serving here, I was a curate at San Jose Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. I was ordained in the Diocese of Florida and my sending parish was St. Paul’s By-the-Sea in Jacksonville Beach.

I have two daughters. Anna is a sophomore at the University of Vermont and her sister Wallis is a junior at Ponte Vedra High School. Over the course of their lives, we have also lived in Alexandria, VA and Chapel Hill, NC. Wallis and I (and Anna when she is home from college) are glad to settle in Ponte Vedra and make St. Francis our church home.

My greatest joy is getting to know people and learning about how they experience Christ’s transformative presence in their lives.

Romans 8 (the whole thing).