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Book: Wrestling with Adulthood

Election Sermon Printed in Representative American Speeches in 2004-2005, Chapter I - A Divided America: November 7, 2004: Peel Back the Label

Philadelphia Daily News OP/ED, May 9, 2007: The Rule of Law at Guantanamo

Hi, I'm Ken and I'm the Lead Minister of WellSprings. I am primarily responsible for the overall leadership of the church in our start-up phase and beyond, and for preaching on Sunday at our weekly worship services. I love to witness people whose spiritual maturity shines through in what they do. My passion is to see folks grow spiritually, to find their true voice so that their service and leadership draws upon, and feeds, their joy.

THE BASICS:  My wife Teresa and I arrived during summer 2005 when I was hired to lead the new religious community that would become WellSprings. Prior to our move, we lived in Miami Beach. We met online when we both lived in South Florida. We have three pet rabbits named Zoo, Nilla, and DooWop who always soothe and amuse me with their bunny dances and curious natures. On August 5th, 2006, Teresa and I were married in Philadelphia.

Starting a congregation in Chester County is something of a return home for me. I went to high school at The Hill School just up Route 100 in Pottstown and grew up splitting my time between Allentown and New York City. Religiously I was raised a Reform Jew. Once past my Bar Mitzvah, I gave up on organized religion until my mid-twenties, when I discovered Unitarian Universalism.

BIRTH DATE:  March 23, 1970

EDUCATION:  B.A. in Religion from Oberlin College
                       M.A.R. in Religious Ethics, Yale University
                            Divinity School
                       M. Div. Union Theological Seminary

INTERESTS AND FAVORITES

PLACES:  The West Coast of Ireland and Brooklyn to be specific. More generally, various vibrant cities, a quiet beach, and any baseball stadium.
WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD:  At any given moment some combination of Alt-Country (The Jayhawks, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Ryan Adams), ‘80s alternative (The Replacements, Lemonheads), R&B (Otis Redding, Nina Simone), and podcasts from other church planters.  And, some Bruce, always some Bruce.
BOOKS:  Congregational growth stuff--anything by Tom Bandy. Spiritual autobiography--Anne Lamott, Kathleen Norris, Frederick Buechner. Fiction--Paul Auster, Nick Hornby.
WHAT DO YOU TiVo:  Lost, Mad Men, The Simpsons, What Not to Wear, ESPN's SportsReporters, and Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (the final two air on Sundays so I always miss them!).
SPORT TEAMS:  I know this is heresy in the Philly area--I love the New York Giants and the Yankees. But, the Phillies' Citizens Bank Park is a singularly amazing stadium.
MOVIES:  The heavy: Crimes and Misdemeanors, Winter Light.  The light: About A Boy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
HOBBIES:  Traveling with Teresa, running, golfing (always a great lesson in humility and moving beyond mistakes) and cooking.
DISLIKES:  Public displays of private impatience, e.g. the person who barks loudly about waiting on line at the DMV, the driver who lays on the horn in stopped traffic.
ODD FACT:  I once saved a kid from drowning on a family vacation in St. Martin.
LESS HEROIC ODD FACT:  I broke my leg running into a parked car.
FAVORITE SPIRITUAL SOURCE:  The New Zealand Book of Common Prayer. A fitting prayer or meditation for any moment of the day, or any hour of life, with beautiful, nature-rich images of God.