Jeff Nelson

With Boredom Comes Opportunity

The week between Christmas and New Year’s, aka “Dead Week,” is one of my favorites of the year. It’s an automatic vacation week for me, but even when it wasn’t, I still loved the unstructured, liminal feel of it. There’s little, if anything to do, and I relish that since there’s usually so much toContinue reading “With Boredom Comes Opportunity”

Replace Thoughts with Sleep

I’ve struggled with insomnia since my college days. Its severity ebbs and flows, but I can point to a few times when it’s been especially bad. Sometimes, I’m kept awake by specific issues. Something is so prominent in my life, or at least in my mind, that I can’t let go of it enough toContinue reading “Replace Thoughts with Sleep”

A Vocational Vision, 20 Years Developed

I was ordained into ministry in the United Church of Christ on January 23, 2005. I will celebrate 20 years of ordination in a few days. I have taken this milestone as an invitation to reflect not only on my journey so far, but who and where I am at present and who I wishContinue reading “A Vocational Vision, 20 Years Developed”