snip-bits //

Born and raised in the Metro-Detroit sprawl
Settled in an old parsonage in the pulsing heart of corn country
BA in English and social studies education (Spring Arbor University)
MA in ministry and spiritual formation (Wesley Seminary)
Co-pastor with my partner and best pal, J.
Mama to fiery toddlers: O. and B. and JT.
Amateur runner, musician, artist, mystic, and writer
Enneagram: 3w4 (sp)
Myers-Briggs: ENFP

stuff i love //

Specialty drinks: whole milk latte, tea, kombucha, and all the fun drinks
Tacos, curry, and popcorn
Thrift store books, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, and vintage peaices
Ms. Frizzle, my teacher-hero
Library visits, crafts, and baking with my kids
Long trail runs under the trees
Bird watching and learning their songs
Trips to the Bay Area with J.

books //

On Spirituality and Formation: Life of the Beloved (Nouwen); New Seeds of Contemplation (Merton); As the Heart Waits (Kidd); Gift of the Sea (Lindbergh); Spiritual Conversations with Children (Borgo); Liturgy of the Ordinary (Warren); Falling Upward (Rohr); Everywhere Present (Freemen); Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Scazzaro); A Testament of Devotion (Kelly); The Gift of Being Yourself (Benner); The Relational Soul (Plass and Cofield)

On Writing: The Face of Water (Rudsen); Writing in the Dark (Friedman); Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (L’Engle); To Know as We Are Known (Palmer); Bird By Bird (Lamott); Big Magic (Gilbert)

Noteworthy Memoirs and Nonfiction: Crying in H Mart (Zauner); Learning to Walk in the Dark (Brown); All My Knotted-Up Life (Moore); Wintering (May); Everything Happens for a Reason (Bowler); The Story of a Soul (Therese of Lisieux); Dissident Daughter (Kidd); Undertaking and Bodies in Motion and at Rest (Lynch); The Anthropocene Reviewed (Green)

Favorite Fiction: Secret Life of Bees (Kidd); The Time Quintet (Le’Engel); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Zevin); Cry My Beloved Country (Paton); Harry Potter (Rowling)

For Children: All Shall Be Well (Borgo); Olivia Wrapped in Vines (Nepveu-Villeneuve); When God was a Little Girl (Weiss); Listening For God (Warner); Mother God (Pecinovsky); Baptized in the Water (Neilist); Baby Believer books