Luke is a dad living in NYC who loves Mockingbird and The Grateful Dead.
About Luke Roland
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Go and Sell Everything You Have
Sell everything; without love day to day, insanity’s king – Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia One of the saddest exchanges Jesus has during his earthly ministry is with the acted out parable of the rich young ruler. A close reading of any of the Gospel accounts of the conversation shows lots of emotion in a […]
A Long Strange Trip through Death to Life
The highly anticipated documentary on The Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip, is now on Amazon Prime. I have previously written about the effect that the music of The Grateful Dead has had on me for Mockingbird, and in light of the documentary I thought it would be a great time to revisit them in a […]
On Surviving the Holidays: Personal Suffering and the Demand of Christmas Cheer
I have always loved Christmas. This time of year is what I looked forward to for much of my life. I love everything about Christmas. Movies, decorations, music, food, Santa, gifts, and more food. My family Christmases growing up were near picture perfect. My mother and father went all out and made home a magical […]
Hopelessly Devoted: John Twelve Verse Twenty Four
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Lately I’ve been meeting with a lot of clergy. They have unanimously said the same thing to me, “you are going through a slow death-like experience!” I […]
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