

New England's Lost Places #3: A HERO’S HOME
On August 8th, 1775 the British ship “Falcon” had chased a Salem based schooner into Gloucester harbor. The schooner was in trouble...


New England's Lost Places #2: Native American Structures
High on a footprint shaped hill in southeastern Massachusetts stand a number of interesting stone structures and effigies (No, I’m not...


New England’s Lost Places #1: DOGTOWN
O come and roam with me today, Where nature undefiled holds sway, And where its majesty profound, In primal grandeur may be found, Then...

THINGS I DID & THOUGHT ABOUT: PART DEUX
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. Henry Miller Well, I thought I would quickly plop down a quick...

READING ABOUT ME
Sabbatical has been a blessing in many ways. I have had time to rest, read, learn, get some work done, and play. The other day, while I...

SABBATICAL EPIPHANY
HOW OFTEN DO CHURCHES CLOSE DOWN? THE ANSWER IS MORE SURPRISING THAN YOU THINK. Have you ever come across something that you thought was...
SABBATICAL: The Saga Continues
It was a good week. No crises. No fires to put out. No trauma (except when I opened the car door onto my face and almost knocked myself...

DISSERTATION PROPOSAL REFLECTIONS AND RABBIT TRAILS
I’ve just returned from a week long class designed to help me finish my dissertation proposal. Having finally finished the proposal and...

SABBATICAL WEEK ONE: THINGS I DID & THOUGHT ABOUT...
Instead of the usual banter, this blog will follow my adventures while on a sabbatical from my church in order to write my dissertation....


THE DEATH OF INTEGRITY, BIRTH OF HOPE
It is eight days before the presidential elections and it is politics as usual. A recording of Senator Obama (who has repeatedly said...