Michael J. Tan Creti was born in 1940 and was raised in western Iowa. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, ’62, and of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, ’67. He was ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. He served five years in small congregations at Clear Lake and Grinnell; after which, he returned to graduate studies at Aquinas Institute, St. Louis. Completing his course work at the Institute in 1977, he took on the position of assistant to the Rector of All Saints. He continued as assistant until he was called as Rector of All Saints in 1993. He retired in 2006, and in time, was asked by the parish to write its history. He has previously published a book of poetry: “To Make Myself a Word,” 2010, and looks forward to returning to writing poetry. He presently is living in Omaha with his wife of forty-three years, Jane. Jane is a professional iconographer, working within the traditions of the Prosopon School of Iconology and has been a constant support to his ministry.