Curriculum Vitae
Here are some of the things I've been and done in my life so far . . .
2010: co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis
2009-now: Acting Chaplain of St Peter's College, Oxford; Associate Editor of online poetry service, PoemaDay
2009: presenter of The Narnia Code, a one-hour documentary for BBC1 television
2008: year-long lecture tour, speaking about Planet Narnia in the U.K. and U.S.
2007-now: member of Steering Committee, The Wade Center, Wheaton College, IL
2004-2007: Chaplain of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge; Assistant Curate, Great Shelford; co-editor of Heresies and How to Avoid Them
2001-2005: completed PhD in Divinity at University of St Andrews. Ordained deacon in Church of England in 2004 and priest in 2005
1999-2004: trained for ministry in Anglican Church at Ridley Hall, Cambridge Theological Federation
1999-2001: read Theology at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
1993-1999: officer of the Oxford University Lewis Society
1996-1999: lived at The Kilns, Lewis's Oxford home, as resident warden and curator, looking after the property on behalf of its owner, The C.S. Lewis Foundation
1990-1999: Tutor and lecturer for Oxford University and for the Oxford programs of various American schools (e.g., Stanford University, CA; Williams College, MA; Wheaton College, IL) on freelance basis. Proof-reader and copy-editor for Lion Publishing, Heinemann, Bible Reading Fellowship. Occasionally an extra in TV and film: e.g. Shadowlands (the Attenborough version); Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet; the Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough.
1987-1990: read English at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford
1968: born in Cuckfield, Sussex, on Twelfth Night, the Feast of the Epiphany. Brought up in neighbouring Lindfield. Educated in local state schools till age nineteen
The Collect for the Feast of the Epiphany
O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(The Book of Common Prayer, 1662)
