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[[Image:Holton_and_checkov.jpg|right|frame|Anton Chekhov and Jeffrey Holton in a brief moment of solidarity]]
== About Jeff ==
Jeff Holton is an adult convert to Orthodoxy. He currently serves served as a high school catechist for his local parish, and especially enjoys enjoyed presenting the relevance of the faith and the astounding depth of the mysteries to his agape [pun intended] students.
Holton's background in the faith is as a conservative-progressive Presbyterian (USA). He held leadership positions in youth groups at both the primary and secondary education levels. After receiving a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Lafayette College (Easton, PA) in May, 1994, Holton returned to his home church (West Valley Presbyterian, Cupertino, CA) to serve as Director of Youth Ministries.
A series of academic fits and starts led to an eventual bestowal of a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in September, 2004. His culminating thesis was entitled [http://www.jeffholton.com/papers/HOLTON%20Orthodox-Protestant%20Dialogue.pdf ''Orthodox-Protestant Dialogue: An Analysis of a Subset of East-West Historical and Contemporary Interactions and a Justification for Orthodox Participation Therein''], a paper written for and with Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinnen. He continues to be driven by a strong, deep desire to see Christians of various identifications maintain positive dialogue with one another towards the eventual inclusion of all into the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church.
Holton works in instructional design lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in San Ramon, CA, and enjoys playing with his guitar and with his children, but not necessarily in that order. "Children are harder to tune," he says, "but the melodies are a little more interesting, unpredictable, and jazzy." He attends the a Greek Orthodox Church parish in the Metropolis of the Resurrection in Castro Valley, CASan Francisco, with his children and their grandparents. He can be found during the first weekend of October in the festival kitchen, feverishly chopping and slicing cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions for [[gyros]], and futilely attempting to cheer "Opa!" (still) with no discernible American accent. == Links ==*[http://jjustj.livejournal.com Jeff's personal blog]*[http://jeffreyholton.blogspot.com/ Jeff's blog on ideas, people, and dialogue]*[http://www.examiner.com/x-8005-SF-Eastern-Orthodoxy-Examiner Jeff's Orthodoxy blog]*[http://cvresurrection.org Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection, Castro Valley, California] == Silly little block thingies that look pretty =={| align="left"| {{User en}}|-| {{User laity}}|-| {{User goarch}}|}{| align="left"| {{User el-1}}|-| {{User ru-1}}|-| {{User de-1}}|-| {{User orthodox US}}|}{| align="left"| {{User la-0}}|-| {{User fr-0}}|-| {{User bg-0}}|-| {{User es-0}}|}
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