Adam Brooks Webber to perform original music Oct. 18, 19 at Open Prairie UCC in Princeton

Adam Brooks Webber will perform two concerts of his original music Friday, Oct. 18, and Saturday, Oct. 19, in the sanctuary of the Open Prairie United Church of Christ, 25 E. Marion St., Princeton.

The concerts will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. Admission is free, and refreshments will be available at intermission. A free-will offering will be accepted to support the host church.

Webber sings a unique range of songs, usually accompanying himself on the piano. His humorous songs, in the style of Tom Lehrer, are sometimes bawdy and irreverent; other songs draw on stories from the Christian tradition and communicate an unconventional but serious spirituality. Online, he appears as The Merry Mystic; his music can be found on his musical video blog at themerrymystic.com.

Webber is a 1980 graduate of Princeton High School and has degrees from Dartmouth College, Cornell University and the Earlham School of Religion. In a former career, he was a professor of computer science. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and has been the pastor of the Open Prairie church since 2017. He holds a seventh degree black belt in Karatedo Doshinkan and has published seven books, articles and two CDs.