Who We Are

My father was passionate about saving the lost. For all his shortcomings as a hot tempered disciplinarian, he lived what he believed. Our home was open to anyone in need. Anything we had was shared.

My earliest memories are riding shotgun around New England. He preached, and prayed, and prophesied, and cast out any demons that had the nerve to show up.

From him, I learned the duality of human grandeur and frailty.

We are always capable of extraordinary good and disastrous ill. His fierce determination to save the lost had a devastating impact on his family, and his own inner life. But his intentions were genuine, and his positive impact still reached many. 

As a teenager, I started down my own religious path. I went on my first mission trip to Venezuela during high school. I came back determined to carry on the mission, and started a Bible club in my public high school.

After graduating, I moved to East Texas to intern at the organization I'd begun my teenage ministry with. I traveled to places where it was illegal to proselytize, and countries devasted by religious war. At the time, I was young and brave and committed to doing good. But those travels ultimately re-shaped my understanding of what doing good looks like.

I've had many chapters in many places since. Whole lifetimes really.

I spent years carefully untangling from the religious fervor of my early life, while continuing to burn with desire for a higher purpose.

Leaving institutional religion was less a choice than an inevitable outcome of a deep spiritual life.

Throughout every chapter, I've been invited into the lives and struggles of others. Mentoring and ministering are in my blood, I didn't need a title or salary.

This year, I arrived at the juicy age of 45 with two teenagers and a wild wake trailing behind.

Surveying our world, I'm convinced there has never been a better time to be alive.

The future is open and waiting for those of us with the passion to meet it. I'm ready, and thrilled to offer companionship to anyone else who's down to make some epic history.