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I begin writing this blog from a place of “in-betweenness,” in the transition from second career seminary student to my first call as pastor of a congregation. I write in a time of great shifts: Global interconnectedness and tensions, the need to address the great economic and racial disparities in the state of Wisconsin where I live, rapid changes in technology, and the ongoing transformation in the role faith communities play in creative resistance and radical hospitality. In this space, I embrace the Great Mystery through desert spirituality and the wilderness of daily life. I define “deserts” broadly as those dry places in our lives. My spiritual mentor, Belden Lane, writes that “Desert and mountain places, located on the margins of society, are locations of choice in luring God’s people to a deeper understanding of who they are.” Hospital rooms, skilled care facilities, food pantries, college campuses, urban streets, at the graveside, are just a few of the “deserts” I identify and in which I have encountered the Holy Spirit. And there, I sense Great Hope in the midst of despair. Theologian Marjorie Suchocki notes that hope is, “…appropriately a component in all our efforts toward achieving our visions of justice. Hope is catalytic, and ultimately is the most important ingredient in the struggle for justice, insuring the perseverance that brings justice about.” I believe that the Holy Spirit leads us to edges, to where people struggle to live at the margins of political, economic, and social powers of their time. Where prophetic voices are captured in scripture and historical records. And that this is where I am to share my pastoral gifts today.

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