Rev. Jim Keat is the Digital Minister at The Riverside Church in New York City and the Director of Online Innovation at the Convergence Network. He is also a Digital Consultant to various progressive faith agencies and organizations. He is the producer of original media projects from The Riverside Church like Be Still and Go and Church Talk as well as the creator of the Thirty Second Bible project and Thirty Seconds or Less.
Previously Jim served as the Associate Minister of Education at Middle Collegiate Church, a Product Designer at Sparkhouse/Augsburg Fortress, and the Middle School Program + Content Pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church. He received his M.Div. from Western Theological Seminary where he received The Faculty Award for Advocacy in Racial Ethnic Reconciliation and The President's Community Life Award.
Jim co-founded Free and Simple with his wife Chelsea, a platform to share their Airstream travels and thoughts on minimalism and simplicity. After living full time in a 27’ Airstream Globetrotter for a year they moved back into an apartment to have a baby and traded in their 27’ Globetrotter for a 16’ Caravel for part time adventures in all of Michigan’s State Parks. You can follow their Free and Simple adventure online or by following Free and Simple on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
Jim is a divergent thinker, an ideation specialist, and an aspiring minimalist. In his spare time he enjoys solving a Rubik’s cube, going on a long run, cooking dinner, playing board games, editing videos. To find out more about Jim follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @IdeasDoneDaily.
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