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Coffeehouse Contemplative episodes
- They Brought Themselves
The sermon at New Vision UCC in Canton, Ohio on August 3, 2025.
Luke 10:1-11
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
37 min - I Signed Two Copies
How do we handle disappointment related to what we create? When only so many people engage with or purchase our work? This episode explores this question, and encourages you to keep going.
The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
36 min - What's the Worse Part?
My sermon at St. Michael's UCC in Marshallville, Ohio on July 20, 2025.
Luke 10:38-42
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
33 min - A Transitional Month
The month of July always carries a transitional feel to me. Maybe you can name other months or other times of year that carry that for you.
The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
31 min - Did You Really Want It to be Complicated?
The sermon I preached on July 6, 2025 at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Doylestown, Ohio.
2 Kings 5:1-14
The Final Season by Tom Stanton
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
33 min - Life in the Ecotone
Ecotones are unique third spaces in between two starkly different environments. Our lives also have these transitional spaces, and they can be unique places of growth and possibility.
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
35 min - The Web of the Work
We are part of a web of relationships, connections, resources, and wisdom. We're not meant to handle many things by ourselves. This episode discusses the web metaphor used in my new book.
The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
35 min - You Have to Actually Do the Thing
There are no shortcuts to the creative process. This episode reflects on the importance of starting, the value of first drafts, and overcoming writer's block.
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
37 min - A Theology of Star Wars, Revisited
In honor of May the Fourth, I re-present a prior episode of the podcast that reflects on some theological implications of the Star Wars franchise.
Episode 11: A Theology of Star Wars
Episode 12: A Theology of Star Wars, Part 2
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
39 min - The Unintentional Interim
An introduction to and reading from my new book, The Unintentional Interim: Ministry in Times of Transition.
Music: "Reflections" by Wild Wonder
41 min
About Coffeehouse Contemplative
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A minister and author explores spirituality and the creative process beyond the walls of institutional religion, for those both inside and outside the church.