Digital Disciple
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Deacon |
| Location | Boston, MA, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | I was born in the Deep South to Midwestern parents who quickly moved to the more shallow Southside of Washington DC where I spent the bulk of my youth sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and playing soccer. Somewhere in there I managed to become an Eagle Scout and gain admission to the US Coast Guard Academy, where I joined the Offshore Yatch Racing team and picked up a never used engineering degree. After graduation, I swapped the sailboat for an icebreaker headed to Antarctica. One year later I drifted over to the Caribbean as part of our nation’s ‘War on Drugs,’ taking brief a detour through Navy flight school to get a brand new Blackhawk. Four years later, I started looking to ditch the body armor; so I headed North … to Alaska … where I flew Search and Rescue missions out of Kodiak. Now, my sea stories began with: “It was a dark and stormy winter’s night …” After a few conversations with the man upstairs, I left the Coast Guard and returned to my wife’s hometown. With the help of my GI Bill, I reinvented myself as a tech geek working on backend data systems …. And yes … that IS as boring as it sounds, but I am okay with that. |
| Interests | Growing up as a preacher’s kid, with a long family history of preachers and missionaries, it should come as no surprise that I have a strong interest in religion and theology. After I joined the Catholic Church in my 20's, I started teaching CCD for nearly three decades before I entered formation to become a permanent deacon (while also joining the Dominican Order of Preachers fraternity/3rd order) and was ordained in Sept 2024. This blog picks up at that part of my story. |
| Favorite movies | Dead Poets Society, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [and the Last Crusade], The Lion King 1 1/2, Maverick, The Iron Giant, Groundhog Day, The Mask, Serenity, The Princess Bride, The Little Mermaid, Titan A.E., Rise of the Guardians |
| Favorite music | Life’s a Dance (John Michael Montgomery), Just Another Day in Paradise (Phil Vassar), Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers (Garth Brooks), It Is Finished & Witch Hunt (Petra), Don't Take the Girl (Tim McGraw), Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson), Son of Man ( Phil Collins), I’m Holdin’ On to Love (Shania Twain), She's In Love With The Boy (Trisha Yearwood), Love, Me (Collin Raye) |
| Favorite books | Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis, Render Unto Caesar: The Struggle Over Christ and Culture in the New Testament, Trinitarian Dogmatics: Exploring the Grammar of the Christian Doctrine of God, Engaging the Old Testament: How to Read Biblical Narrative, Poetry, and Prophecy Well, Interpretation for Preaching and Teaching: An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, Pauline Theology as a Way of Life: A Vision of Human Flourishing in Christ, Road Away from God: How Love Finds Us Even as We Walk Away |
You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?
Because of the Screams