Meet Peter

Helping People Discover the Sacred in Ordinary Life

Welcome.

I believe God has called me to help people discover the sacred in ordinary life.

For more than two decades that calling has taken many forms. I have served as a pastor, hospice chaplain, writer, teacher, historian, and companion to people walking through grief and life's many thresholds. Although the settings have changed—from churches and classrooms to hospice rooms and historic archives—the calling has remained the same: to help people notice that God is often closest in the ordinary moments we are tempted to overlook.

Life has taught me that the sacred is rarely found only on mountaintops. More often it is discovered around a kitchen table, in the pages of a well-loved book, beside the bed of someone nearing life's end, through the quiet work of restoring an old New England home, or in conversations that leave us seeing the world just a little differently.

My home is Christianity, but I have many cottages. My faith has been shaped by the Eastern Christian tradition in which I was partially theologically formed, Benedictine spirituality, the Congregational tradition, and a lifelong love of history. Each has taught me to look more carefully, listen more deeply, and trust that God is still speaking.

Whether you've come looking for thoughtful writing, historical research, companionship in grief, or simply a place to pause and reflect, I'm grateful you're here.

There is always room at the table.