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Hi! I’m Adam Brooks Webber. If you’re not already on The Merry Mystic mailing list, I’d like to convince you to sign up. You’ll get occasional emails about my new work, much of which is available through this site. When you sign up, I’ll send you a password to my Free Stuff area, which includes lots of free sheet music and other resources. If the emails don’t turn out to interest you, you can unsubscribe whenever you like. (And keep the Free Stuff password, of course.)

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Free Stuff

My sheet music and other free resources are available here. Just follow this link.

These things are under a Creative Commons license that allows you to download them and copy them freely—for any non-commercial use.

Enjoy!

Store

I have books, CDs, and a video series for sale from my store page. (I wish I could just give everything away, but one must eat!)

I’m especially excited about my new book, now available: My Burden Is Light: A Pastor’s Plea for Rationality, Honesty, and Humility.

About

Adam Brooks Webber
Adam Brooks Webber
When I was a boy, I couldn’t wait to grow up so that I could A) move away from small-town Illinois and B) stop going to church. Consequently, I am now a pastor in a small town in Illinois.

Merry, Mystical Missives

Here you’ll find everything I’ve sent out to the mailing list for The Merry Mystic.

Goodbye, Cat-Friend

I’m feeling too sad to follow through with my plans for The Merry Mystic this week. My good old cat Justice got too sick over the last couple of days, and today we had to have him put to sleep.

Justice was an ordinary cat in many ways: he loved tuna, watched birds, didn’t like car travel. But one of his extraordinary qualities was his instinct for compassion. Whenever anyone in the family was feeling low or stressed out, Justice would find that person, snuggle down on his or her chest, and purr. He did it for me; I know that he did it for my wife, especially during her father’s final illness and death three years ago. I’ve had a number of cats before, each one special in its way, but I’ll always remember Justice for the comfort he gave to people in need. Well done, thou good and faithful cat-friend.

In his memory, I invite you to re-watch my cat video from last fall, Justice the Ranting Cat.

By |February 20, 2017|Categories: uncategorized|5 Comments
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Letter to Washington

I’m usually more interested in spiritual things than in worldly things. But today, I just can’t separate the two, because I can’t ignore the stark contrast between the teachings of my faith tradition, and the statements and actions now coming out of the White House. I’ve written a letter to my senators and my representative, and I’d like to share it with you.

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By |February 4, 2017|Categories: The Merry Mystic|4 Comments
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Meta

I received two questions this week about how I make my videos. I’m taking that as a sign that it’s time to do a meta-video: a video about how I make videos. Here, you’ll get a quick tour of the hardware, the software, and the production process I’ve been using, at least from the technical end.

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From the creative end, of course, it’s a little more complicated. There’s a little hardware and software, but also a lot of wetware and spiritware. That’s hard to describe, because I don’t really understand it myself. Maybe I’ll get around to telling you about it next week.

By |January 23, 2017|Categories: The Merry Mystic|0 Comments
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These are the (mostly video) messages sent out to The Merry Mystic mailing list.

Sermons and Such

Every week, I preach in the Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton, Illinois. I’m not sending most of these out to The Merry Mystic mailing list; but on the outside chance you’d like to see a sermon, here they are.

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