It was a cold day in late January. Most days in Ohio are cold then. But there was a storm approaching and temperatures had been at frozen level regularly at that point. Three days earlier, Liam Conejo Ramos was escorted by ICE to his front door, used as a decoy to arrest his father. TheContinue reading “The Scream at the Breakdown”
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Chronicles of a Small Church Pastor
I returned to pastoral ministry on October 1st of last year. Here are a few brief scenes from that time… In the middle of a service not too long after I began, two of Our Town’s Finest walked in and sat in the back. One was in uniform, the other in plain clothes. I didn’tContinue reading “Chronicles of a Small Church Pastor”
I Missed a Big Book Birthday
In March of 2016, I became an author for the first time. Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday was published that year by Noesis Press, an imprint of The Davies Group, Publishers. The book explores ways to explore the spiritual whether one is part of a formal faith tradition or community, has left suchContinue reading “I Missed a Big Book Birthday”
