Mike Crowl – Dunedin

I’m in my early seventies, so I’ve had to revise my views about life and faith a number of times over the years.

Some days I have a huge confidence in God, and my relationship to Him. Other days He can seem quite distant, but ‘perseverance’ has been a kind of watchword in my spiritual life.  

Supervision for me is primarily listening, letting the supervisee talk. At times there’s a need to prompt, at times a need to question, at times a need to wait. Not every supervision relationship works out, and supervision takes time.

I have supervised one supervisee by Skype, successfully. 

I was brought up as a Catholic, foolishly tried to abandon God for a couple of years in my late twenties, and came back to Him via a Pentecostal Church where my family and I stayed for nearly fifteen years. Moved to Hanover St Baptist in 1989, (it’s now called Dunedin City Baptist) and have been there ever since.

I have spent seventeen years managing an interdenominational Christian bookshop in Dunedin. I know Christians from a variety of denominations, and see God working in people of all kinds. Much of my (non-working) life has been spent with singers and musicians, and people involved in theatre. I’ve also written three books, published in e-format.

Contact Details for  Mike Crowl

Home base: Maryhill, Dunedin
Phone: 06 453 4015   0210 641 081
Email:  mcrowl@gmail.com
Skype:  yes happy to skype
Denomination: Baptist

My first e-book for children: Grimhilda! a fantasy for children and their parents, is available on Kindle or Smashwords

The Mumbersons and the Blood Secret – the ‘sort of sequel’ to Grimhilda! – is available as an e-book on Kindle, and at Smashwords. 11-year-old Billy lives an ordinary life. But one day people start wanting to get hold of his blood…what’s the secret his blood holds?

My non-fiction e-book, Diary of a Prostate Wimp, is available on Kindle or Smashwords.