Last year I read Connie Willis’ novel, Doomsday Book, a blend of historical research and character fiction set during 14th Century England’s bout with plague. It’s a terrifically disturbing book because it challenges the reader to engage a period of deep, legitimate, mortal fear and doesn’t offer characters or readers the usual mid-crisis escape hatches. It wasn’t possible for the people of that time […]
Sharing Faith in Washington, D.C.
Early last month I spent a Saturday at an annual interfaith summit with around 100 other young adult faith leaders (18-39yo) in Washington, DC. I’d been invited by a Unity minister friend of mine (in the blue sweater, right). The summit is sponsored by the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. And I had a ball! […]
February Update: It’s all about Faith (and Work)
My February social good calendar is shaping up to be all about faith: continuing work with a non-profit on its 40-year-old relationship with a hostile denomination, discussing the future of Seventh-day Adventism with four other Millennials, and meeting with other young adult faith leaders around the US capital. February 1: Meetings in Riverside, CA I […]
Thanks, Twitter (2013 ed.)—Part 1
The people I’ve met on Twitter have been offering up 140-character jolts of wisdom, insight, and provocation all year long. I don’t follow all of them but they’ve intersected with my network and contributed to my thinking regardless. I’ve broken down the compilation into 3 categories: Seeing the Real: on religion, spirituality, morality, and the […]