This is my “Now” page¹ that I’ll update with my latest life news and what has my attention (Last edit: 9/26/26)

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Albuquerque, NM. I’ve now lived in the N Valley of “Burque” for over four years with my wife, Ashley, and two children. Ash and I celebrated fifteen years of marriage this summer! I run a few times a week, climb boards and boulders, and plant trees when I can. As a family, we like to cook meals together, bake, walk, jump on the trampoline, read adventure books, and watch movies.

Work

After working for a few churches after seminary, I trained as a hospital chaplain (Some of my experience is under the CPE tag. Now I connect local churches across New Mexico to therapy/counseling services through Formation Counseling Services. I also see folks for therapy as a provisional licensed social worker.

Email newsletters I enjoy

• Snakes and Ladders
• The Convivial Society
• Undefended/Undefeated
• Austin Kleon
• Humane Ingenuity
• Comment Magazine Newsletter
• Field Notes w/ Christopher Brown
• The Red Hand Files
• Front Porch Republic
• Granola
• Society of The Double Dagger
• Oliver Burkeman

The theology of humor

Steve Wilkens:

The Christian faith has a broad array of valid forms of expression. Sermons, heartfelt conversation, devotional thoughts, and a range of other forms all have their place and are useful. Still, I’m also convinced that one of the most potent ways of expressing, understanding, and deepening faith is woefully underutilized. Too often, humor has been sidelined, even discouraged, as a means of exploring, learning about, or growing in faith. However, Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh” (Eccles 3:4). It seems that many Christians are overdue on finding a time to laugh, and I am convinced that our life in God’s presence warrants a lot more laughter than we’ve imagined. We are resurrection people, and if elated laughter is not part of our faithful repertoire, I’m not sure we really get Easter.