FIRST, MANY THANKS TO MY SISTER, CHRIS, FOR NAMING OUR PLACE. WHY A PINE PULPIT? BECAUSE IT IS WOODSY, PORTABLE AND ALLITERATIVE. AND THAT’S ME. WOODSY, PORTABLE AND WITH INITIALS LIKE PP AND A LOVE FOR ALL THINGS SEUSS, ALLITERATION IS LIKE A SECOND HOME.

THE IDEA OF PUTTING TOGETHER A RETREAT SPACE CAME TO ME WHILE SITTING ON THE SHORE OF RAQUETTE LAKE IN THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE, NY. I WAS CONTEMPLATING LEAVING MY JOB AS A TRAUMA CHAPLAIN, CHASING A DREAM, ALL THE WHILE KNOWING THAT “LOCATION” WAS A RELATIVE TERM.

AND THUS, A WOODSY VIRTUAL RETREAT BEGAN TO BE BUILT IN MY VISIONING. A RETREAT SPACE THAT CAN GO WITH US WHEREVER WE ARE, WALKING TOGETHER ALONG LIFE’S JOURNEY WHEREVER IT MAY LEAD. THE INTENT OF THE PINE PULPIT IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO FIND HEALING, LAUGHTER AND GRACE BY SHARING OUR STORIES. THIS (I HOPE) WILL BE DONE THROUGH BLOGS, ARTICLES, LINKS, PODCASTS, PERSONAL APPEARANCES, RETREATS AND COACHING. (AND MAYBE A LITTLE PREACHING HERE AND THERE.)

I INVITE YOU TO PERUSE THE PAGES, LINKS AND PRODUCTS. PLEASE E-MAIL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS. WE ARE BUILDING THE ROAD AS WE GO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!