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WHAT I DO: Pastor, Community Organizing, Justice Advocacy, Parent, Spouse, General Adulting Stuff

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Contents may be inflammatory. If you suffer from 100% confidence in the what you learned in childhood, or 100% doctrinal certitude, or if you don't like it when someone nudges your metaphorical cheese, consult somebody else.

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Month: April 2013

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Thoughts on beginning a writing class

It’s called Writing II: Rhetorical Composing, this online course I’m taking.  And it’s day One.  I don’t know what could possibly … Continue reading Thoughts on beginning a writing class

hope, paradigm shift, Poetry

On Waking Up with an Existential Headache

rough, dream-littered nights exploring relentless days ambiguity Continue reading On Waking Up with an Existential Headache

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