I was raised in Eastern North Carolina and grew up as a part of the Original Free Will Baptist Church where my family and I were actively involved in church life and ministry. I felt called to ministry from a young age as I saw the great need of the world for God’s love and the loving home I had experienced at church. Ultimately, my calling to love more inclusively, question more deeply, and anchor in more ancient patters of prayer and worship led me into the Episcopal Church, where I have joyfully found a home and a calling.
I am a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke Divinity School. I also received a Certificate in Anglican Studies from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, which is what led my spouse, the Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail, and I to Austin and the Diocese of Texas. Before joining the staff at Good Shepherd I served two years as a Chaplain at the Durham VA Medical Center and then have spent the last five years serving as Curate and then Associate Vicar at St. Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church in Round Rock where I discovered a love for ministry with young people and their families.
We now happily live here in Austin and love working in the Diocese of Texas. My wife, Lizzie, is also an Episcopal Priest and is the Vicar of Jubilee Episcopal Church in North Austin. Together, we are the proud parents of a two year old daughter and are joyfully expecting a second child in October! In my free time I love to spend time with my family and friends, cook and eat good food, sing, and travel!