Background
He was baptised into the Catholic Church and attended Catholic churches as a child until his mother started attending Willow Creek Community Church, a megachurch located in the Chicago metropolitan area of Illinois, and he switched to attending there as well.
Education
He studied theology at Villanova University.
Career
He co-wrote the book Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals with Shane Claiborne. He first met Claiborne at Willow Creek.
Politics
He spent a semester in Belize studying Christian views on environmentalism.