Category: About
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Faith-Adjacent Spaces Are Where Religion Intersects Everything Else
If you’ve been following along in the story of my dissertation research, you’re probably enjoying getting to know Tapestry and their model for “starting with the work” in order to be and to become a community. But if you’re like me, or even like Tapestry’s co-directors as their organization has developed, then it might be…
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Introducing ‘Becoming Tapestry’
I made it! On April 13, 2022, after more than 1,100 hours of work on the project excluding coursework, a committee comprising education and communication scholars Lalitha Vasudevan, Ioana Literat, Detra Price-Dennis, and Patricia Martínez Álvarez accepted my dissertation as submitted. I will receive my doctoral hood May 23 in a ceremony at the Louis…
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Kyle joins Learning Forte
Note: This news is a long time coming to this website, but as you can imagine, I have been busy. So thrilled to begin this new chapter! Learning Forte has announced Kyle Oliver as a new Principal and Chief Product Officer. Kyle brings a wealth of skills and knowledge to Learning Forte with experience leading media-rich…
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#ThankYouPatrons! – Meet Erin
Today, November 19th, is #ThankYouPatrons Day. I wanted to take the chance to express my gratitude to my Patreon supporters, newsletter subscribers, and everyone who takes the time to check out the faith-filled media I make. I also wanted to use #ThankYouPatrons day to introduce you to Erin Wiens St. John—in case you don’t know…
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Digital literacy as religious leadership
The basic argument of my professional life is that lay and ordained ministers need digital literacy skills to do their work effectively. Proclamation, education, pastoral care—nearly every task of religious leadership is a social practice. And nearly every social practice is becoming mediated in some way by technology. Case in point: Recently I served on…
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Starting grad school (and a newsletter)
Pentecost feels like a good day to announce what I believe has been a Spirit-led discernment process: In September, I will start full-time Ed.D. studies (that’s doctorate in education) in the Communications, Media, & Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. I’ll miss being the digital missioner in the CMT@VTS, but I look…
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Simple DIY standing desk specs
Online and off-, a couple people have asked about my simple DIY standing desk setup in our new apartment. I thought maybe the most efficient way to answer the questions would be to share here how I did it. My main criterion was that I didn’t want to commit to always standing. So whatever was to bring my computer(s)…
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CSC gets a new look
It was about time. OK, it was past time. The old Blogger-based Contraria Sunt Complementa site has been a good personal and professional home base for me since David Meerman Scott convinced me how much I needed one back in 2007. But it was starting to look more than a little dated, and a fresh…
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Bohr Doodle Googlers: Welcome
I’ve written in the past that one of the best things I ever did for my blog’s traffic was to name it after a Latin expression that folks occasionally have reason to look up. For the kind of traffic I’m used to, today is a significant day for this phenomenon. That’s because the phrase “contraria…
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CSC Ethos Scores Scholarship
I recently got some glad tidings about a scholarship I applied for back in the spring. The award is given in memory of Anne McNair Kumpuris, and in their note her parents told me they thought their deighter “would have appreciated [my] view on life.” It’s a view that’s been largely teased out on this…