Ask Hugh anything (aha!)

Hi friends.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been updating my blog each weeknight for a couple of weeks now. I like daily blogging—it’s generative for me. It makes me practice writing, even when I’m not working on a specific writing project, like the next book. It’s like off—season training. Keeps me in shape.

But in a way, blogging daily without a unifying project to order it is harder. You know what would make it easier? If I was answering a question you asked me.

So, I am putting together a new series: Ask Hugh Anything. Or, as I like to think of it, AHA! (I crack me up sometimes). I have a simple form you fill out to ask the question, and if I feel like I have a good answer, I will answer it here on the blog. It can be anonymous on your end, or not (up to you), and you get an answer and I get things to write about.

I have been a pastor for nearly 20 years. I have worked with addicts, millionaires, business executives, and unhoused folks. I’ve witnessed three murders, delivered two babies in the field, and worked in four nonprofits. I was a US Marine, and later taught nonviolent social change. I can make a souffle and a shed, build up flavors in a roux and build kitchen cabinets, hem your pants and hem you in a corner in a fist fight. I’ve been an anarchist and a political organizer.

I have, in other words, seen some shit, and am eager to answer your questions.

So, seriously—ask me anything.