Mike was commissioned by Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. to present both Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina workshops. Over the past 20 years, he has led many such workshops and retreats throughout the US in person and globally via Zoom. Mike is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, and for 11 years before his retirement last November, he served as a hospice chaplain with Methodist Alliance Healthcare in Memphis TN. He currently serves on the pastoral care team of All Saints by-the-Sea, Salt Spring BC.