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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation writer
Location Rochester, New Hampshire, United States
Introduction Brought up a Missouri Synod Lutheran, I became an Episcopalian in my twenties, thought I was heading for ordination, but found by 1977 that I could not stay in that church. I became a Pentecostal, and after a quarter-century as a pastor, I returned to Anglicanism, drawn by a tradition I never fully abandoned and by the way it was being lived out at Trinity ACA, Rochester NH, where I have served as a layreader. I'm also a poet, self-publishing a number of chapbooks and reading publicly every time I get a chance, and am currently working on a novel. I married late (at 37) and have been alone since my wife died of cancer 15 years ago.
Interests Poetry and other writing, Christian theology, Anglo- Catholicism, Liturgy, sexuality and morality, Tolkien, CS Lewis, a weird assortment of other things both sacred and secular.
Favorite Movies LOTR, Lilies of the Field, Stand by Me, an eclectic collection of others.
Favorite Music Bach, Tudor and Anglican Choral Music, Boy choirs, Bluegrass, real folk music.
Favorite Books LOTR, Stephen King, Science Fiction and Fantasy, History