What I’m Reading May01

What I’m Reading

I’ve had a few folks reach out of late to ask what I’m reading these days. Truth be told, in recent years I haven’t had nearly as much time to read as I wish, and that has only been more true while leading my congregation through this present crisis. But…. I have been trying to carve out a little more time for books, especially reading a bit at the end of the day if only to clear my head. And so I thought I’d share three books I’ve enjoyed immensely, one fiction, one non-fiction, and one theological (though not necessarily in that order 😀). The Grace of Dogs You’ve likely seen one or more of the memes that describe...

Paper Is Not Dead! Mar14

Paper Is Not Dead!

It’s not often that I laugh out loud at an internet video. But this was one of those times. You may be familiar with the categorization of how people adapt to and adopt new technology. There are the innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards, spread across the typical bell curve as displayed in the graphic below. I’m one of those goofy people who thinks of myself as an early adopter but in actual practice fall somewhere between late majority and laggard. I had one of the first touch screen smart phones (way before the iPhone) but never learned to do more than make phone calls. When the iPhone came out I...

Book Spine Poetry May28

Book Spine Poetry

Killing two birds with one stone this Memorial Day. 1) Folks from time to time ask what I’m reading; 2) I love Maria Popova’s book spine poetry and have wanted to try. So, here it is, what I’m reading – the second time for the more existentially confounded....