Chris

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Waiting, Searching, and Writing
Location	Minneapolis, MN, United States
Introduction	This quotationlet of Martin Luther seems to sum things up nicely: "(for I am neither wood nor stone)."
Interests	Theology, civility, race relations, conversation, whiskey, genealogy, lutheran, ELCA, ECUSA, civic engagement, homelessness, ritual, piano, poetry, sexual ethics, emergent church, morocco, sustainable farming, Sacred Harp, shape note singing, folk music, romance, monasticism, assonance, minneapolis, uptown, kayaking, bowling, musicology, melanchthon, gay rights, lgbt, koine, cornflower, photography, spontaneity, hope, broken music.
Favorite Movies	On the Waterfront
Favorite Music	Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Mahalia Jackson, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Glenn Gould, Scott Joplin, Franz Schubert, Eva Cassidy, Cole Porter, Comedian Harmonists, Bernice Johnson Reagon, John Denver, Odetta, Johnny Cash, Gustav Mahler, Claude Bolling, Francis Poulenc, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Jim Reeves, John Dowland.
Favorite Books	The Crisis by Thomas Paine, OHC Breviary, various volumes of poetry, Dorianne Laux, Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Mark Doty, James Tate, and more.

What motivates you more: fear or love?