Book Reading and Discussion | Road Trip Detour: Exploring Life’s Journey

A book reading and discussion in which former parishioner Rich Miller-Murphy shares his deeply personal story of loss, resilience, and the unexpected turns that can lead to a life of meaning and purpose. In Road Trip Detour, he reflects on a difficult period marked by the deaths of his longtime partner, his mother, and his grandfather, his own serious health challenges, and his concealing his sexuality out of fear of discrimination. Overwhelmed by grief, illness, and secrecy, he experienced a mental health crisis that led to two psychiatric hospitalizations, and he credits the support of family, friends, and colleagues with helping him through. His story became one of transformation—marrying his partner in 2004, welcoming twins in 2007—and explores how life's most difficult detours can open the way to hope, connection, and renewed purpose.