What's David Been Up To?

Well, to be honest, mainly pastoring a church and having two little kids, both of which are joys and also….plenty. By the way, I don’t post all my church stuff here, because it would be a lot, but you can check out sermon recordings and “Mental Wellness Moments” on the church’s YouTube page if you’re interested.

An excerpt from a letter my sister wrote to me in the hospital in 2011, from which Warren and I derived our talk title

With that said, in September and October I did get to spend some time with folks at Duke Divinity School. First, I spoke at the Practice and Presence Conference with Dr. Warren Kinghorn, where the two of us had a conversation called “A Small Flower in a Burned Out Stump: Metaphors, Stories, and Faithful Mental Healthcare.

Then I had the opportunity to sit with a group of scholars for a symposium of the International Network for Theology, Mental Health, and Dementia. I was entirely out of my league, but it was a really rich set of conversations and I was grateful to be there. Stay tuned for some writing that may come out of that.

And then I jumped in remotely to share with one of Dr. Kinghorn’s classes on Christ on the Psych Ward and what I’ve learned in the now six years since it was published. Wonderful to hear so many students exploring themes of vulnerability, faith, and staying human in healthcare.

In the Richmond, VA area and want to say hi? I’ll be at the Local Author Book Fair at Midlothian Library on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

In the meantime, I’m futzing around with some new writing.

Maybe you will see some of it here!

Maybe it will end up in a book!

Maybe I’ll bury it deep beneath the ocean tides of time!

Who knows!?!?!