Our stories are like a book unfolding, pages worn and marked, dog-eared to recall at a later time. Sometimes the page turns and we do not love what the next chapter holds.聽 I thought my chapter of graduate school would go a certain way.聽 I entered it with a grand naivet茅 and glamour around the […]
This year, I had the privilege of taking a course from Tom Cashman during his last semester at 天美视频. The course was Celtic Spirituality, and I take away far more than knowledge of celtic culture and history and the feud between Augustine and Pelagius. What lives with me most is an appreciation for […]
I used to be a violinist. I had wanted to play professionally with orchestras and small ensembles, perhaps doing movie soundtracks. Those are always the best pieces 鈥� the narrative lays the groundwork, but it鈥檚 the music that really conjures emotions in the audience.聽Requiem for a Dream聽 and聽Schindler鈥檚 List聽both rely on the intensity of a […]
I wandered away from 天美视频, my face red and tears still lingering in my beard. I found my way to a small rocky beach in the sculpture park that overlooked the choppy water toward West Seattle. The sky was nearly pure grey everywhere like it had been for weeks, but over the water […]
Reconciliation is the dream of hope. We are to dream redemption until the day we die. During this current season of eastertide, the 聽church my husband and I attend in Seattle has been collecting stories of resurrection. This is one of such stories. Like the rhythm of the triduum (Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter […]
Every other Wednesday I meet with my practicum facilitator (or the “I”m Feeling Guy” as my husband refers to him) on the fourth floor of 天美视频 building at 11am. At noon I move to the big black leather slouch of a couch down the hall and journal about it. Then at 12:30pm I […]