Michael M. Middleton's Web Site
Michael was born on May 24th, 1969 in Corvallis, Oregon and joined Cross Way Publications on December 31st, 2003.
Michael has had 1224 visitors since February 1, 2005.
Poet's Address:
205 Mountain View Road, B-5
Yelm, WA
USA
98597
Michael's Biography:
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I was born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1969. I have one older brother and one younger sister. Up to age seven, we lived in various locations throughout Oregon. My parents divorced when I was seven. Shortly thereafter, my mother remarried and we moved to a small coal-mining town in eastern Montana. Over the years, we relocated to southeastern Nebraska, then to two small farm towns in Washington. I graduated with honors from Tonasket High School in 1987.
After high school and a knee injury that disqualified me from serving in the armed forces, I worked at a camp outside of Colorado Springs for two years. I then attended Bible school at Last Days Ministries in Texas and subsequently became a member of their staff. I served there for three years as a plumber and water utilities operator. I also took part in many evangelistic and humanitarian relief outreaches throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Eastern Europe. Many foreign students attended Bible school at Last Days Ministries, and I could eventually claim friendships with people from 47 different countries on all six inhabited continents. I also met my wife, Sharron at Last Days Ministries. We met in October of 1991 over a game of Cribbage and were married on April 10, 1993 in Santa Rosa, California.
Since we have been married, Sharon and I have served together at a recreational camp for the handicapped, pioneered a Salvation Army youth center, and spent nearly six years on staff at a full time foster care ranch in southern Oregon.
We currently reside in LOacey, Washington and serve on the worship team of Crossroads Community Covenant Church in Yelm. We have a ten year old son, Micah Daniel, who has become the joy of our lives and has taught us more than we thought we had left to learn !
I wrote my first poem at age nine, having been quite impressed by a Nebraska thunderstorm. I experimented infrequently with poetry over the years, then attended a "young writer's conference' for three consecutive years at Eastern Washington University while I was in high school. I have continued to write over the years, gradually becoming more adept and fluent; particularly in the past two years. I currently have three published books (Sacred Journeys, ISBN# 0-595-26347-X , Modern Musings, ISBN# 1-59286-935-1 and an allegorical fiction novel, "The Great Deep") as well as several single publications in magazines and anthologies. Some of my personal hobbies include astronomy, geology, archery, and edible / medicinal wild plants. I also play several brass instruments and bass guitar. I am now beginning to write children's books which I hope to one day publish. I have recently co-authored a book, "God's Healing Wild Herbs", which is due to be released early summer of 2010.
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