I have been an United Methodist pastor for 20 years, am blessed with a beautiful 15 year old daughter, and try (as best I can) to follow Jesus. More than any other factors, these three things define who I am. This blog contains my thoughts on matters important (or not).
Age: 40 Something - Older than I look and younger than I feel.
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Dating Status: Yeh, right. divorced pastor here. dating? who has the time or the inclination given the fishbowl I live in.
Music: Sufjan Stevens, Imogen Heap, Rufus Wainwright, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Death Cab for Cutie, Pink Floyd (The Wall and earlier), Rickie Lee Jones, Modest Mouse, Nancy Griffith, James Taylor, The Alan Parsons Project, Peter Gabriel, Sting, The Police
Food & Drinks: Chocolate, good coffee, chai lattes
Likes: Sincerity, honesty, compassion
Dislikes: Judgementalism, prejudice, most of the “isms”
Movies: Pan’s Labyrinth, Children of Men, Magnolia, The Girl in the Cafe, The Princess Bride, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jesus of Montreal, Kill Bill 1 and 2, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Station Agent, In America, Dogville, Moulin Rouge, The Constant Gardener, Big Fish, Babette’s Feast
TV Shows: Battlestar Galatica, Saving Grace, The Office, Saving Grace, Rescue Me, Damages, The Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Alias, Lost, House, Grays Anatomy
Juicy Factor: Orange? grape? mango? what am i supposed to say here? okay i got it - my eyes and my legs
Books: Leaving Church, Dairy of a Country Priest, Anything by Christopher Moore, Blue Like Jazz, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, How to Be Good, About a Boy, Gilead, Clay’s Quilt, High Fidelity, Father Joe, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Saint Maybe, Traveling Mercies, Leaving Church, All Henri Nouwen books
Magazines: Paste, Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, Sojourners, Orion, New Yorker
Clothing: Whatever is comfortable
Bad Habits: Chewing my nails and cuticles when nervous
Pets: My daughter has a chinese dwarf hamster and a cat - so I, of course, have the same
Video Games: Not in this lifetime, unless tetris or pong still count
Hobbies: Pottery - I have my own wheel and kiln and am learning
Work: The Jesus thing, ie, pastor of a 100+ average attendance main-line protestant church
School: B.S., psychology; Master in Public Adminstration, Master of Divinity (I always find this degree’s name funny, as if anyone can master divinity
Expertise: Churches and people in conflict, including myself.
Sports Teams: University of Kentucky Basketball, Eastern Kentucky University Football, Philadelphia Eagles
Actors & Actresses: Clive Owen, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Holly Hunter, Sandra Bullock,
Organizations: The United Methodist Church, ACLU, Amnesty International
First UMC, Pottstown
My Daughter and I many years ago, and a current picture of the apple of my eye
My mode of transportation
And if that wasn’t more than you wanted to know about me, here is my resume, my very long resume.