Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
– Walt Whitman

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do…”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Profile

My name is Lewis A. Connolly. I was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1988.

As a child, I moved a lot. I grew up in Scotland, Texas, and England.

I have had this website for over ten years, and in that time, my views have changed.

There is a lot on here about religion. While I find religion interesting, I do not have a religious disposition.

I started this website in 2015 when I was in the process of leaving the Church of England (where I was a priest) and joining the Unitarian Church to become a minister.

I was a Unitarian minister for five years, primarily serving at the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House in Suffolk, England.

I subsequently moved to the United States.

I’m married. My wife, Catherine Connolly, was in the process of becoming a priest while I was in the process of leaving the priesthood. She is now an Episcopalian priest here in the United States.

We have kids, and I now spend most of my time running around after them.

Asterism

I Like…

Films:
           This is basically an impossible list: These are some that stuck with me…. There Will Be Blood (2007), The Good Shepherd (2006), Memento (2000), 12 Angry Men (1957), Silence (2016), Fight Club (1999), American Beauty (1999), Mystic River (2003), Donnie Darko (2001), Her (2013), The Truman Show (1998), Interstellar (2014), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Sideways (2004), Mass (2021), Calvary (2014), The Devil All the Time (2020), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Ex Machina (2015), A Time to Kill (1996), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Back to the Future (1985), Being John Malkovich (1999), The Fountain (2006), The Family Man (2000) – and loads more…

Books:
           The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, The Portable Nietzsche (edited by Walter Kaufmann), Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Be Here Now by Ram Dass, Honest to God by John Robinson, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Crow by Ted Hughes, Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung, and books on American history.

Other:
           Sparkling water, beef, beer & wine, pubs, my GeForce headphones, PC games, bookshelves, Dr. Pepper, America (controversial, I know), Savannah, walking around cities, walking in general, music (folk rock, bluesy Americana, soul, indie folk, etc.), comedy, true crime podcasts, interior design, Zillow, thinking about politics, investing, rabbit holes, and writing (hence this website).

I Don’t Like…

           C.S. Lewis (overrated), Jackie Kennedy (the paragon of vapidity), anime (I don’t get it), running (but I do it occasionally), paper straws, small talk, coffee, waiting, cold weather, being told what to do, Apple Inc., driving (self-driving cars, please!), classism, dogmatism.

Qualifications & Accolades