“Who am I?” is a difficult question to answer. For I am many things and there is no true way to express in words all that I am. I may not even know for sure all that I am. Even so I will attempt to give you some basics about me and we will go from there.
I was born on the 19th of October in the year 1981. Since that day of birth I have lived in many places and have done many things. I have an older sister who is the mother of my three wonderful nieces and my wonderful nephew. I am also the human of a bossy cat who was born on the 24 of September in the year 1988. (Unfortunately do to circumstances of school, housing… she has recently relocated to my parents house where she is letting them know I should be where she is and not somewhere else.)
I was born in Oregon, then moved to Illinois, then Iowa, then Wyoming, back to Oregon, then went back to Iowa for my undergrad years at Graceland University While at university I spent my first summer in Illinois doing an internship and my second in Ohio doing another internship. After three years of undergraduate studies I graduated in 2003 and moved back to Oregon. After a year I once again found myself in Ohio for four months as a spiritual formation fellow at the historic site I had interned at during my undergrad years. After Ohio I then moved to Washington (the state) to work towards an M.Div.
I had to take a little more than a year’s sabbatical from my formal educational pursuits. During this time I ended up returning to Oregon, where I served and worshiped in different ways with two Community of Christ congregations. I had planed to return to Washington, but instead felt I must choose the harder path and so now I embark on a new journey, in a new place. That place is Ohio. I now seek not only an M. Div, and also perusing an also a MA in Counseling Ministries, we shall see where this shall lead… (At present it seems to be leading to the dropping of the MA, but that could change).
I am an ordained minister, and have been sine July 2000, of Community of Christ and have been serving in various congregations, primarily within the Greater Pacific Northwest USA Mission Center. Living in Ohio, I embraced and served with a couple of congregations of the Western Ohio Mission Center last year. This past summer I served at a historic site in Nauvoo and served with the congregation there in various ways. This fall I returned once more to Ohio, but this time am serving primarily with the Easter Great Lakes Mission Center and the Kirtland Temple while continuing my master’s degree.
I someday hope to have my M.Div (perhaps by December 2008) and would prefer to work in some way with Community of Christ. Only time will tell if this is for sure they way my life truly goes.
If you have any questions about me, please feel free to ask via the comments and I will do my best to answer them in future posts and updates to this (and other) pages.