About this blog

This is the back closet of my blogging life--the place where I keep pictures and stuff to use on the blogs I'm actually hoping someone will read: Transforming Sermons and To the Word. It's also the place I'll post a little bit about myself for anyone interested in finding out. I really don't think my vita is relevant to my blogs, because I want to transcend doctrinal, regional, political, and denominational categories--just glorify God. But here's the information, just like in a resume, if you're interested.

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A. Milton Stanley

Ministerial Experience
Minister, Lexington Church of Christ, Lexington, VA 2005-present
Volunteer police chaplain, Oak Ridge Police Dept., Oak Ridge, TN, 2001-05
On-call chaplain, Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, TN, 2003-05
Minister, New York Avenue Church of Christ, Oak Ridge, TN, 2004-05
Associate minister/intern, New York Avenue Church of Christ, 2001-04
Minister, Ridgewood Christian Church, Harriman, TN, 1995-98
Associate minister, Ridgewood Christian church, 1992-95


Education

Master of Divinity, Harding University Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, TN, 2004
Master of Fine Arts in Writing, Norwich University, Montpelier, VT, 1998
Bachelor of Science in Education, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 1985
Diploma, U. S. Army Engineer Officer Basic Course, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, 1992


Other Professional Experience

Adjunct instructor in applied management, Roane State Community College, Harriman,TN, 2001-04
Adjunct Professor of English, Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN, 2000-02
Technical researcher, writer, and editor, Oak Ridge, TN, 1991-2003
Newspaper writer & editor, Knoxville, TN, 1988-91
English and math teacher, Gainesboro and Clinton, TN, 1985-87


Selected Publications

Effective Communication for Managers (co-author with Teresa Duncan). Harriman, TN: Centers for Training, Roane State Community College, 2003.

Nine Steps to Better Business Writing. Harriman, TN: Centers for Training, Roane State Community College, 2000.

Preacher: A Novel. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2003.

Small-Group Leader's Guide. Available at Churches of Christ Online. 2001.

To the Word. Online sermon text collection.

Transforming Sermons. Preaching blog.

Values-Based Time Management. Harriman, TN: Centers for Training, Roane State Community College, 2003.