Adam Brooks Webber

Adam Brooks Webber is a husband and father—and also a writer, a teacher, a computer scientist, a theologian, a singer-songwriter, and a student of the martial arts. When he was a boy, he couldn’t wait to grow up so that he could A) move away from small-town Illinois, and B) stop going to church. Consequently, he is now a pastor in a small town in Illinois.

The Reverend Dr. Webber the pastor and teacher of the Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton, Illinois. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A.), Cornell University (M.S., Ph.D.), and the Earlham School of Religion (M.Div.). In his former career Adam was a software engineer, and then a professor of computer science. His more recent, more ministerial adventures began when he and his wife Kelly helped to found a UCC church in Princeton, Illinois. Adam became its organist, composer, occasional lay preacher and teacher, webmaster, and chocolatier. Adam served as a ministry intern and as a hospice chaplain before being ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2012.

In addition to his pastoral ministry, Adam writes, records, and performs songs in a variety of styles. His second CD, "As a Deer Longs", was released in 2012. Examples of his songs, poems, essays, and other writings are available on his blog at adambrookswebber.com. Adam is also a dedicated student of a traditional martial art, Karatedo Doshinkan, where he holds a title degree (Renshi) and a 6th degree black belt.