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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”

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”

Wonder and Whiskey Excerpt: Creed and Trust

Below is an excerpt from my book, Wonder and Whiskey: Insights on Faith from the Music of Dave Matthews Band. The song “Eh Hee” is a single that Matthews released on September 4, 2007. He played all the instruments for it and an accompanying video was released the same day. One of the refrains isContinue reading “Wonder and Whiskey Excerpt: Creed and Trust”