Rev. Ken Howard
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| Occupation | Episcopal Priest, Church Planter |
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| Location | Germantown, Maryland, United States |
| Introduction | The great grandson of Orthodox Jewish rabbi, I became a follower of Christ as an adult and joined the Episcopal Church (the most "Jewish" church I could find). Growing up outside the Church gave me the unique advantage of viewing Christianity without the lenses of "Christian Culture," and this unfiltered view has better equipped me to distinguish what lies at the core of Christianity (the paradoxical doctrine of the Incarnation) and what is secondary (everything else). You might say that I am both "orthodox" (accepting the core dogmata of the Christian faith and "paradox" (accepting that the core dogmata are paradoxical mysteries beyond human understanding). A graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary (Honors in Church History) and an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, I am the founding vicar and first rector of St. Nicholas Church, Darnestown, Maryland. |
| Interests | Pre-Constantinian Christianity, Jesus movements in the early Church, Jewish-Christianity, Pauline Christianity, desert monastic movement, Martin of Tours, Celtic Christianity, modern Jesus movements, neo-monasticism, the emerging church movement, non-proselitizing evangelism, emerging church planting, science fiction, fantasy |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars, The Matrix, Dogma, Somewhere in Time |
| Favorite music | Afro-Celts, Iarla O'Lionaird, Leo Kotke, Altan, Kila, Clannad, Milladioro, U2, Sting, Wolfstone, Mister Mister |
| Favorite books | STEPHEN LAWHEAD, The Pendragon Cycle, The Song of Albion Trilogy, Byzantium, Avalon, The Celtic Crusades Trilogy, Patrick: Son of Ireland, ISAAC AZIMOV, The Foundation Series, The Robot Series, STEPHEN DONALDSON, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, DAVID BRIN, The Uplift Series, The Postman, The Practice Effect, CATHRINE ASARO, The Saga of Skolian Empire, JULIAN MAY, The Saga of Plieocene Exile, ORSON SCOTT CARD, The Ender Series, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, The Alvin Maker Series, Homebody |