Tom began his work as a spiritual director in 1986 after receiving training through the Jubilee Program at the Vancouver School of Theology. He has taught at both Seattle University and Mars Hill Graduate School (Seattle). His areas of interest include Celtic spirituality and spiritual formation, and he enjoys work supervising spiritual directors in training. He is an Episcopalian active in his church especially in relation to Christian Environmentalism. He is a devout fly-fisherman, active gardener, and struggling writer. He is married to Lin, also a spiritual director, and has three grown children and four grandchildren.