How to describe oneself? What out of all that makes each of us complex and unique is worthy of sharing?
- My life has been centered on serving the church in urban, Caribbean, rural, and now trans-local settings.
- I crave moments outdoors and endure the winter months, longing for spring.
- My first vocation was centered on music and it continues to feed my soul.
I love the church/I wrestle with the church.
The church is beautiful/the church causes harm.
A place of both grace and brokenness.
More on that as we go….
I love to garden and dig in the dirt. It feeds my soul and spirit. Raised on a Pennsylvania dairy farm, I have always found myself wanting to have a bit of earth to dig in and longing to be out of doors.
Music nourishes my spirit. I heard my mother’s music while still in the womb as she wrapped her songs around me. “That song just sings itself,” she often remarked and hers certainly did.
Several pieces of music are ‘saving my soul’ these days. The comforting and reassuring, “We are not alone” by Pepper Choplin and the hauntingly nostalgic “Carrickfergus” by Voces 8 with the singer, Sibéal.
And the new Mennonite hymnal, Voices Together, is a joy, particularly the hymns written by the text writer, Adam M. L. Tice who combines Jesus’ passion for God’s Reign with the vision of an already here/still coming just, equitable, and peaceful world.
Letting go of strings 