About

Hey! Welcome to my personal blog.

I’m a husband to Deanna Michelle and father to four beautiful girls and one son: Zion – born on June 20, 2010, Mikella – 5 years, Isabella – 8 years, Cynthia – 14 years, and Autumn – 16 years.

I love playing with new technology and am very at home on the web 2.0 playground.

I am a musician, performer, and singer/song-writer.  I’ve been playing on stage since grade school.  Music is such a beautiful and wonderful thing for me and I find myself getting lost in it frequently.

For the past decade, I have also been a full-time pastor to students.  I love students and their passion and zeal for life.  I feel like the luckiest person in the world to get to do what I do.  In the past few years, I started writing student ministry articles at YouthMinBlog and YouthSpecialties.com. Just recently, I accepted a position to be the District NextGen Rep for children, youth, and young adult leaders in the Foursquare Gateway District and launched GatewayNextGen.com as a resource and connecting point for those leaders.

You can connect with me online at various web 2.0 / social media sites at ShawnMichael.org.  You can also e-mail me directly at shawn@elevatingageneration.org.