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Reflections from a Chaplain in Orlando
After the shooting in Orlando, Florida, I traveled from New Mexico to assist the first response team in being there for families in times of incredible crisis.
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Reflections on Humanity
Being humans, we can find ourselves yearning to have more than what we have in every relationship imaginable, especially with ourselves.
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What Kind of Animal is This?
This Question was on a Q&A, and I was intrigued. So I looked at the picture. What do you think?
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I Rise
Just a small poem of reflection
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How Writing for the Hub Has Helped Me
I joined the Hub as a kind of experiment. I write for the Hub now as an experience! If you are a brand new or an experienced Hub writer, I hope that you are encouraged to write extensively!
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Combating Work Place Blues
When it's challenging to face going into work with colleagues and frustrating mundane stress, there are ways to make your day a little brighter for yourself and those around you.
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Communicating on a Spiritual Level Can Produce Healing, Part 3
The Conclusion of an Exploration of Spirituality and Healing from Grief and Trauma
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Communicating on a Spiritual Level Can Produce Healing, Part 2
A continuation of Communication on a Spiritual Level Can Produce Healing.
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Revisiting Old Ideas
Finding a draft of something incomplete can be a wellspring of new understanding.
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A Different Perspective on the Challenge of Education
How can we use a paradigm shift to transform our educational environments and further enrich our students, and indeed the future of our nation?
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Religious Abuse and the Traumatic Aftermath
Understanding the challenges of religious abuse can provide an opportunity for individuals to find support when struggling with a crisis of conscience, and in recovering from religion.
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Compassion: The Key to Happiness
We hear a great deal about compassion, but what does it really mean, and how can you practice it in a way that is self-healing, as well as to heal those around us?
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Distance Makes the Heart Beat Stronger
After a long absence and a great deal of personal challenges, it is good to be back at the Hub!
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Creative Instruction for Empowerment and Success in the Classroom
So many students feel as though they cannot interact with information provided them in the classroom. Using concrete examples for abstract concepts, students can feel empowered and succeed in school.
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When Science and Spirituality Collide
All of the world religions speak of the heart being at the center of intuition, connection, and community. Now, science has found physiological processes that explain such phenomena.
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Great Reads for Spiritual Awakening
Some books that have been true balms for my spirit and outlook. As a professional and also as a human being, it's important to connect with others' insights. Here are some incredible books to share!
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Communicating on a Spiritual Level can Produce Healing, Part I
Spirituality and the impact of mental health particularly following a traumatic or grief-inducing event has been studied in depth since 2001. How can a spiritual foundation lead to deeper healing?
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Recipe for Compassion and Maintaining the Human Element: The Connection Confection
Staying connected is at the heart of what makes us human. Much like any other enjoyable dessert, we need to remember how to connect with ourselves in order to bring out the joy in others.
An educator and interfaith-nondenominational chaplain, I strive to bring out the best in humanity--even when it is at its bleakest. A rose celebrates by falling apart; and clouds celebrate by weeping. It is within us all to find new ways of incorporating compassion, love, empathy, and understanding into the world around us. It is my hope that by connecting to humanity through that which brings out the best in us, we can truly be the change we want to see in the world. Paulo Cuelho wrote: "No matter what he does, every person plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it." May we all find ways to make the history one of positive change instead of negative consequences.
As a professional chaplain, it is my hope to use my ministerial skills to guide others to a place of healing, solace, and comfort--especially during times of crisis.
My approach to chaplaincy and ministerial work is to provide assistance to those in need. This also includes providing celebrant services to those who require an officiant to preside over a funeral/memorial/celebration of life, as well as weddings, baptisms, and baby naming ceremonies. My practice is open and affirming, welcoming all members of the human family regardless of race, gender, gender identity, creed, religion, non-religion, sexual orientation, or nationality.
A native of New Mexico, I have also lived and studied as a foreign exchange student in Hamburg, Germany and Heidelberg, Germany.
Schools attended:
University of Wyoming (1998-2000) Dean's List and Honor Roll Major: English, German
University of New Mexico (2000-2002) cum laude graduate from UNM; magna cum laude graduate from UNM Honors Program: BA degrees earned: English, German
University of Phoenix (2003-2006) Master of Business Administration
Grand Canyon University (2008-2010) Master of Education with an Emphasis in Curriculum Instruction: Reading
Interfaith Seminary (2011-2013) Interfaith, Nondenominational ministerial ordination; Doctor of Divinity
Saint James College Seminary (2011-2013) Certification for Professional Chaplaincy; completed certification with distinction for academic and professional excellence.