I never wanted to be a veteran. I never wanted to be that old guy, sporting a camo jacket and veteran hat, who can’t stop telling war stories. But one day, after leaving the active duty Army, I realized I was one. I was that guy, to some degree, minus the jacket and hat. I carried stories of my time in the military that no one seemed to understand, least of all me. I carried a load of unresolved grief in my heart for the young people I buried, as well as symptoms of PTSD. I a

The first Farm Church we held, just over a year ago, was one of the best experiences of church I have ever had as a spiritual leader. For years I had been dreaming up ideas about how to combine food and faith, or spirituality and the land, and at last, 18 wonderful people gathered together on borrowed land to do something holy, and meaningful, and fun–we pulled weeds. Yes, pulling weeds is at the heart of one of my proudest moments as a priest. You see, for months my minist

La Iglesia en la granja que se dio a lugar, hace apenas un poco más de un año, fue una de las mejores experiencias de la iglesia que jamás haya tenido como líder espiritual. Por años he soñado con ideas acerca de cómo combinar la comida con la fe, o la espiritualidad con la tierra. 18 maravillosas personas se reunieron y prestaron sus terrenos para lograr algo sagrado, significativo y divertido, nos deshicimos de la mala hierba. Si, arrancar la mala hierba es una de mis facet