Some Background Information About Me
Hi, I’m Rev. David Morris, a United Methodist Pastor in the northwest corner of Iowa. You can email me at revdave AT gomorris DOT net (to cut down on spam, please edit the capitalized words).
Welcome to my little corner of the Blogospere. This is a place where I will share reflections on a variety of topics. Probably most of them will have something to do with spirituality since that is an area that I am particularly interested in at the moment. In 2007 I finished a three course course of study to become a Spiritual Director. Related to that interest is my interest over the last couple years in labyrinths. I have made a couple of them (the banner graphic was my backyard labyrinth before we moved in 2007), and I have a couple people who want me in the years to come to help them build labyrinths themselves.
Another big topic for me is the Enneagram. In November of 2008, I taught a workshop on the Enneagram to colleagues within the Iowa United Methodist Church and will probably do more study and teaching. Beginning with 2009 I will be writing and reflecting about the Enneagram.
And I do have a family. I am married (remarried actually, after a divorce). I have 3 daughters, a son in law, a grandson and a cat. My youngest daughter is 17 and spends most of her time with us. We also do a lot of work with foreign exchange students. My wife and I serve as Regional Coordinators in Western Iowa for EF Foundation for Foreign Study.
I play Bass Guitar and love singing (as does my wife and daughter).
Oh, and I am a bit of a computer geek. I have my own linux box (Debian) which hosts this blog and other web pages that I have put together (like our church’s web site) and have been known to dabble in computer programming (C, perl, php). And for fun I might be found trying to do some photoshopping of my family’s slide show collection or just something for fun.
Oh, and as a little sign of of geekedness, here is my PGP public key block in case I send you a digitally signed message or something.
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