My name is Joel Miller and I pastor Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship, located in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. My wife, Abbie, and I live with our daughters Eve (born Dec. 31, 2005) and Lillian (born Aug. 11, 2007) on the same block as the church building and are glad to call Oakley home – you can’t beat being within walking distance of a library, park, bank, hardware store, grocery store, fair trade coffee shop/children’s bookstore, not to mention the one minute commute to work. Some life experiences that have impacted my formation include: growing up on a farm with three other sibs in Bellefontaine, Ohio; attending Hesston College in Kansas (where Abbie and I met); living for a year in experimental intentional community with four other friends in Atlanta, Georgia; studying sociology at Eastern University in Philly; studying Middle East culture and politics for a semester in Cairo, Egypt; doing a year and a half of Mennonite Voluntary Service in St. Louis, Missouri, living in community with other volunteers and working with Habitat for Humanity and the Institute for Peace and Justice; attending seminary at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, studying Bible, theology, and ministry and becoming better rooted in the Anabaptist tradition of peacemaking and service; and having the opportunity to pastor with this bunch of wonderful Mennonites in Cincinnati; and becoming a husband and father. In my spare time I enjoy playing with our daughters, running, home improvement projects (bathrooms have been the focus area recently), and reading.
December 14, 2007 at 6:24 pm
I am not sure how I linked to your site for a comment? Being a bit preoccupied with looking after my husband , I Look at book titles and one this week was wrestling with God? I would like to concentrate on a para near the end about grace with a estranged member of the family and on going illness, bsest wishes for Christmas, i am nominally Roman Catholic ex Anglican been to Quaker meetings U.R.C.fellowship.
January 3, 2008 at 4:13 am
i did not know that joel, 1st cousin or something twice removed… your dad be son of a first cousin of mine
…. namely your dad’s mom was my dad’s sister daughter 
… that relative stuff is big with amish is it not?…and my granddad was amish then church of god… and my great great great granddad has a piece of fiction written about him ..MY OCEAN IS WIDE ..i believe …he was kidnapped at age 5 from a european port city and sold as a bonded servant and afterwards became amish….u c…..
oh oh what did my wandering stream of consciousness style do this time…. i did not know joel that you all had studied middle eatstern stuff in cairo…. so art thou somewhat familiar with the koran and any thoughts to share on it…. ?
i am somewhat familiar with the koran and other sundry muslim things
January 24, 2008 at 12:29 am
I see now where you explained that in more detail on the whole peace blog. Thanks!