Rector
St Matthew's Episcopal Church
Merrill Wade has been an Episcopal priest for 25 years. His love for music of all types and for musicians themselves has led to his participation on this third panel presentation in the last five years. In 2010 he moderated "Spirituality for Nomads", which offered ideas for spiritual and mental grounding and health while touring.In 2013, he participated on a panel entitled "Into the Mystic:Secular Music as a Search for More". This panel explored the intersection of spirituality and popular music as an art form. Consistent with this exploration, Merrill curates a singer/songwriter concert and conversation series in Austin called The Soul of a Musician Series: