Ballet barre is a sort of liturgy for me. It follows a structure that I’ve known since I was a small child, yet I still tune in to have someone else lead me through it, even in the kitchen. Do you have a structured activity that feels almost spiritual? It’s not about turning off my […]
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It’s a calling.
This one’s for everyone who creates things for spiritual people inside or outside churches, and wants to reach more people with those things.Right now various clients of mine are creating things like a collection of original liturgy, a platform for mom-priests, a career as a speaker and author, a new way of partnering among urban […]
So. Much. Waiting.
I’ve been waiting for Advent, which in turn is a season of waiting for Christmas, at the end of a year of So. Much. Waiting.We have all become semi-professional waiters. We’re waiting for the new normal. Waiting to go back to doing all the things. Waiting for the host to let us into the Zoom […]
What story lives inside you?
I’d like to help you tell it not just for fun, but as a way to live your true calling. Maybe that means writing a book or a screenplay. I work with all sorts of authors and artists to both solidify their storyline (after all, I’m an actor and an English major) but also implement […]
“Little Dancer Age Fourteen”
She’s not just a “Little Dancer Age Fourteen,” she’s a strong young woman trying to rewrite her story, and we could learn a lot from her. Like any good graduate of a liberal arts education, I could easily identify the Little Dancer as a work of Degas as soon as I saw it at the […]
Mirrors are for reflecting back our outer self as we make adjustments.
Mirrors are for reflecting back our outer self as we make adjustments. What mirror do you have for your inner self that helps you make adjustments?Sometimes we see ourselves in shows and movies and learn something that improves our lives. Sometimes we are more intentional with our inner life so we seek out books and […]
And just like that, the sun has set on my seventeenth year of living in New York City.
As I think of myself seventeen and eighteen years ago, I remember how hard it was to decide to leave what I had and move halfway across the country. I had a tight-knit community of friends in Minnesota, affectionately called our “Urban Tribe.” I enjoyed my youth ministry team and could have easily continued to […]
Isn’t it funny the things we end up missing because of the Coronavirus?
Isn’t it funny the things we end up missing because of the Coronavirus? What is one thing you took for granted and now miss?Here’s mine: I love to run into people when I didn’t expect it. I love it so much that I’d list it as one of my “favorite things” when the situation called […]
New beginnings and painful endings.
Over the last couple of weeks, many of my coaching clients have been walking through some painful endings. Honestly, all of America seems to be walking through a painful ending.Whether it’s time to end a job, a destructive habit, a relationship that isn’t going to work, or an embedded belief about racism, it’s going to […]
Onward with our “Would-Have-Beens.”
Ah, that “would have been” life. This would have been the opening night of my next (9th? 10th?) production of “Church Basement Ladies.” We all have a few “would have beens” right now. What are yours? Celebrate them. Mourn them. Maybe recreate a part of them. Perhaps I’ll fling a few peanuts through the air […]