Sermons, Reflections, Thoughts, and Musings.

Radio Show: "Revved Up" with Garrett Book

This past Monday (November 10th) I had the honor of being a guest on "Revved Up", a radio show run by the Franklin & Marshall chaplaincy department on their college radio station, 89.1 WFNM. I very much enjoyed my time on the show; in addition, Garrett Book (one...

CMCL Sermon — May 18th, 2014 — Love Rocks

The following was Susan L. Gascho-Cooke's sermon presented on May 18th at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster. This sermon is reproduced here with her permission; I have added the "tweet this" and underlining. Love Rocks Susan Gascho-Cooke May 18, 2014 John 14:1-7...

CMCL Reflections — July 21st, 2013

The following was presented as a reflection on July 21st at the Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster 9:30AM service. So the past week has been a rollercoaster for me, one that started late Saturday night when I found out about the Zimmerman acquittal. I wasn't...

Sidekicks Are The Real Heroes

Well, inspiration didn't strike until very late in the week, so I apologize for the tardiness of this post. Better late than never, though, right? As I've mentioned before, I'm in the process of publishing the First Semester Physics Survival Guide, a lifeline for the...

Crowdfunding Your Project: 9 Things To Keep In Mind

Last Tuesday I had a lot of fun participating on the radio show Aspects of Writing with James Kelly. The topic of conversation turned to crowdfunding for writing projects. However, I thought it might also be good to write out some of what I've learned from using...

Introvert Open For Business

  So I have a confession to make: I'm an introvert. For those of you who know me well, this is probably not a surprise. For others, however, this may be significant news. I'll forgo the usual defense of introversion that normally follows; others have done it...

How Cyberpunk Predictions Came True

My introduction to cyberpunk was through the writings of William Gibson. I devoured Neuromancer, and partially enjoyed Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. (The pseudo-mystical elements left me a bit cold.) I loved Burning Chrome, however. From there I explored the...

Random Thoughts

Don't you hate it when you have a bunch of posts that you've got half formed, but none of them actually gel? I have several ideas for today's post but none of them came together in a satisfying way. For example, it struck me a few weeks ago that the predictions of...

Habitual Stress: Overwinding/Fractalnoia in Everyday Life

Today I want to explore habitual stress. Habitual stress is ever-present fear that your life is balanced on knife-edge. That every year, every month, every day, you need to keep track of more stuff. That at any point you could lose control and it would mean disaster...

Being a Storyteller in the Age of Narrative Collapse

Last week I mentioned that the Wired opinion article "Why Living in the Present Is a Disorder" held enough inspiration for a series of articles; this post is another in the same vein. This week, however, I want to focus on the idea of narrative collapse:...