In the Beginning

With which beginning do I start? Do I begin with the beginning of my conscious spiritual journey, or maybe with my family of origin, or perhaps with the beginning of last week? So many beginnings. So many endings.

I first conceived of blogging Living Dying Wisdom almost two years ago after a doctoral class in Wisdom as a Way of Life. It was a class at...Wisdom University no less. With that class I fell in love again with the pursuit of wisdom. For the philosophers of Ancient Greece, this pursuit was rooted in a daily contemplation of one's own death. So as I pursue a doctor of philosophy degree in wisdom studies, my writings here are about that broad process.

I serve a local United Church of Christ in Concord, NC as Senior Pastor. It is a small congregation of about 80 in worship each Sunday. We are an Open and Affirming church. This means we welcome, affirm and support all people, and specifically include Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender persons in the full life of our congregation. We also believe taking the bible seriously means it cannot always be taken literally.

Posts here may reflect my work with the congregation, its ebb and flow of living and dying, as well as the movement of my own personal journey into the daily contemplation of death.