"Become your best. Share your best with the world. Miracles follow!"

I believe in miracles. Not the supernatural kind. The everyday kind, the kind we often miss. It's one thing to walk on water. It's another to walk on the earth in peace and compassion. (I borrowed that phrase from spiritual teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.)

After a lifetime of achievement, joy, relationship, and adventure, I've relaxed into a new direction. I have re-entered ministry and currently pastor Unity Gresham in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.

My purpose as an author, musician and minister is to help you become your best so you can share your best with the world. Your wonderful gifts and talents remain hidden when not shared. And that's not what gifts and talents are for, right?

And I get to grow right along with you!

Currently, I volunteer with Portland's Ride Connection, a public transportation advocacy organization for seniors and people with disabilities (since 2004). Note: We had to take a year off due to the Corona Virus pandemic.

I love Powell's Books in Portland where I do coffee and writing almost every morning. (I've written nearly 600 articles for blogs and online sites since 2002. If you Google my name, I have more than three pages of listings!)

I'm an ordained progressive minister, Certified Pastoral Counselor, and wedding officiant. (In reality, no one ever truly retires from ministry. It's a lifelong calling.)

Originally from Southern California, I've lived in Los Angeles, Vancouver BC, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and currently, Portland, Oregon for more than 32 years.

It's been a wonderful journey, and it's not over yet, by a long shot!

Weaknesses: Cats, babies, rain (Love the rain!), grilled cheese sandwiches. Also, I can tear up when moved.

Bragging rights: Survived a potentially deadly dunk off a friend's boat into the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, on a cold rainy night in 1996!