Necessary but Not Sufficient…

  • Back to school.

    I’ve successfully completed my first class at Seattle University! Huzzah! Take that all you people who… well… actually were quite supportive of this crazy idea. The class was STMM 5530: Pastoral Care Skills, which is usually ten weeks long but because it was a summer session, was compressed into five days. Ten women and one Read more

  • Why would you do that?!

    “Why would you do that!?” This was the reaction a friend had when I told him I was going to grad school to study divinity. First, I had to explain what “that” meant. I would be studying theology and ministry in the hopes of becoming a chaplain. Then I had to explain what a chaplain Read more

  • The (In)Sanity of Impending Fatherhood

    It’s official. I’m going to be a dad. Which means in the last month, I’ve become the liberal stereotype: I’m going to grad school and having my first child. AT THE SAME TIME. I’m going to have to start brewing a lot more beer… Last Friday my wife and I went in for her first Read more

  • Wealth, wages and having enough…

    A few stories on the news cycle have caught my attention. First, the fight discussion about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Then the not so revelation that we live in an oligarchy and not a democracy. Finally, the third National Climate Assessment released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Put all Read more

  • Easter for a (former) Christian…

    On Monday Heather and I went to a Passover Seder. Even though I’m not Jewish, I found it powerful to be in solidarity with my friend, her culture, her friends and others around the world in remembering slavery, hardship, and the promise of a brighter future. She used a special haggadah (telling) focused on social Read more

  • (Taking) A moment to thank somebody…

    Day 18: Activate a Social Network Thank a Person for Being Awesome This is part of the UU Blogging Workshops’s Zero to Hero Series Today’s assignment: If you’re already active on a social network, set up Publicize and link the account to your blog, and/or create a strategy for how you’ll use it. Note: I am already Read more