My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Preacher, Teacher, and Pastor
Introduction	The Reverend Erik Walker Wikstrom is the father of two beautiful young men, the partner of a wonderful woman, and is currently a chaplain resident at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA (after roughly a quarter-of-a-century of congregational ministry and a brief stint as Director of Worship and Music Resources at the Unitarian Universalist Association headquarters). He is the author of three books: Teacher, Guide, Companion: rediscovering Jesus in a Secular World; Simply Pray: a modern spiritual practice to deepen your life; and Serving With Grace: lay leadership as a spiritual practice. Most recently he served as editor of the anthology Faithful Practices: Everyday Ways to Feed Your Spirit. (He is also a juggler, clown, magician, fire-eater, escape-artist, mask-maker) [A word about the image: the painting was done by my friend Bill Reynolds.)
Interests	My family, cooking, music, juggling, magic, the outdoors, reading, learning, living deeply.
Favorite movies	The Matrix, The Great Escape, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Favorite books	Tao te Ching, Illusions: adventures of a reluctant messiah, Christ in a Changing World, Lord Valentine's Castle, Winnie the Pooh,