About John Hamilton

Philosophy

“Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you’ve a mind to. All ya gotta do is put your mind to it, knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it.” Roger Miller

Spiritual mileposts

born 1948; baptized 1953, 1961; ordained, 1968; married Sandy Kruschwitz 1970; son Jim born 1974.

  

 Formal ed

U T El Paso BA 1970

Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY MDiv 1974, graduate Hebrew and Old Testament 1976-1979, DMin 1984

Highlands Baptist Hospital, Louisville, KY Clinical Pastoral Education 1976

Poplar Springs Hospital, Petersburg, VA Intern, Adult Psychiatric Unit 1991

Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care, Richmond, Clinical Pastoral Education 9 units, Residency in Clincal Pastoral Counseling 1992

Stuff I’ve done

pastored people; wrote Bible study curriculum; provided pastoral counseling; served as Director of Pastoral Care for a retirement community.

Stuff I Live with

arthritis, chronic pain, two cats et. al.

Interests

spiritual deepening, biblical reflection, classics, Shakespeare