Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaver
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Ordained Minister |
| Location | New Hampshire, United States |
| Introduction | I'm an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. I see in color, knowing that the world is far more colorful than even Kodachrome and Technicolor can show, let alone, black and white or shades of gray (of which there are far more than 50, ahem).I completed my D.Min. at Lancaster Theological Seminary in 2016. Someday, I'll get my book published. I was a 2017-2019 Sinai and Synapses Fellow, which is the coolest thing I've ever done (and I've done some pretty cool things!). Since January 2, 2018, I have been the Interim Senior Pastor of First Church of Christ Congregational, UCC, in North Conway, New Hampshire. I previously served congregations in the Massachusetts and Penn West Conferences of the United Church of Christ. |
| Interests | science, history, cooking, pro football, pro baseball, reading, writing, yarn crafts, travel |
| Favorite Movies | Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. TORA! TORA! TORA!, Sabrina original, Sabrina remake, The Caine Mutiny, Aladdin, Star Trek IV, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Wars Return of the Jedi, Star Wars A New Hope, Star Wars Empire Strikes Back, Good Morning Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Favorite Music | Broadway musical cast recordings, John Williams' movie scores, old-time Gospel music |
| Favorite Books | The Harry Potter series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Thornbirds, The Encyclopedia Britannica, The Source, Cosmos, Contact, Encyclopedia Brown books, The Language of God, Listening is an Act of Love, The Williamsburg novels by Elswyth Thane |
What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?
"But Pastor Ruth, frogs don't have hair!" "They don't now. But how do we know they didn't back when they first evolved? Maybe the frog with the wig is trying to get back to his roots."