“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” (Marcel Proust) I started this voyage with not knowing what I was going to find and therefore it was unpredictable. Part of what it makes it unpredictable is that I hadn’t ever been to California before, making me see [...]
Read moreDear Glendale, population of 191,719 and home of St. Marks Episcopal Church, how are you urban? In late July when I found out I was accepted into EUIP and that I would be moving from Long Beach, CA to Glendale, CA, I wrinkled my forehead. Glendale? I had lived in LA county for four years [...]
Read moreSociologist Erving Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy suggests that individuals engage in an almost theatrical presentation of self, depending on their immediate surroundings. People are seen as actors in the context of this paradigm and behavior is controlled so that each actor can present himself in the way he wishes in order to gain social acceptance. [...]
Read more‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ (Exodus 3:5) When Moses was busy working in the wilderness, he suddenly stumbled upon holy ground. Surely he didn’t start that day expecting to have a life transforming moment where he would be called to lead his people out [...]
Read moreWith the start of another year upon me, I had this really good feeling that big things, big changes were headed my way. So, I decided to start things off differently. Rather than choose a new year’s resolution before 2012 even started, I decided to see what the year had to offer me and what [...]
Read moreSince moving to Los Angeles I have been re-thinking my idea of spirituality and what is considered to be ‘spiritual.’ I used to think that spiritual things consisted of going to church, doing churchy things, reading your Bible, praying, doing the right things (as much as possible) and following ‘the rules.’ To some extent there [...]
Read more… three beautiful words which invoke three beautiful ideas; these three things are what I believe most humans strive for in their daily life- I know they’re the three things I want most out of life. To be happy is to be content with your life and when you’re content with your life you’re free [...]
Read moreJubilee Consortium’s Episcopal Urban Intern Program has been a great living and learning experience so far. Over the past several months, I’ve moved to the other side of a continent, made new friends, had amazing experiences, and grown a lot as a person. It wasn’t easy to leave everything and everyone I know back east, [...]
Read moreExpectation (via Google) is defined as, “the strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.” As I sit here, half way done with this year of service, I am realizing almost every strong belief I held about Los Angeles and the EUIP experience when I left home has not been the case. [...]
Read moreEvery morning I wake up, bike to work, play on a playground, sit down in a circle and sing songs, serve a snack, assist in writing numbers and letters, read stories, play board games, play outside again, supervise lunch, and put kids to nap. From the list above my work at Delaney Wright Fine Arts [...]
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