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The Road From ‘Cheers’ to Church

JL;DR SUMMARY Rob Long, a former writer for the classic TV show Cheers, has embarked on a new path by attending Princeton Theological Seminary. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ReligionInclusivityConservatismOpen CommunionReligious LiteracyPrinceton Theological SeminaryEpiscopalianismRob LongCheersFaith In Culture

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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
"I was packing up my belongings in New York City and moving to Princeton, New Jersey, and putting on a big backpack filled with books, terrified of my biblical Greek exam."
New York City, New York, United States
"As a young comedy writer, people would just say, hey, wed love a show about, you know, a blended family in an urban setting, he told me in a phone interview conducted just before his biblical Greek exam. And Id sit there and kind of create one. But as you get older, its harder to do."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"A decade ago, Long rediscovered the Episcopalianism of his childhood and eventually became a regular at St. James Episcopal Church on Manhattans Upper East Side."

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