I am a seeker, follower of the Way that opens before me, and a questioner of matters theological and spiritual: who is God? How is the Holy manifest in my life? How do we discover the meaning of our lives? The purpose? How can my awareness of being human grow and expand? How does my theology and spiritual include–or where might it exclude–others? How do I serve the greater good, the sacredness of Life? These questions led me to study, first, pastoral ministry with a concentration in pastoral counseling receiving an M.A. from Boston College; then to seek ordination as I studied for my MDiv at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. For more about the quest that led me to this study see the tab Daring Faith to which I add further articles periodically.

I am an explorer of the inner world which began at least by the time I was in high school. I wrote two journals during those years, asking questions that came out of my seeking answers to the imponderables of my teens. When I read them again years later, I realized I had ended most entries with a prayer of thanksgiving for the relief I felt after I had written. My next leap of faith in the guidance of the inner world began when I met my second husband and we discovered our mutual interest in things theological. This mutual passion led to our attending workshops on the inner world of dreams and the spirit with Morton Kelsey, an Episcopal priest who had discovered healing from depression when his Jewish Jungian analyst introduced him to the “Other Side of Silence.” From there it was an easy step to enter therapy with a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist whose mentor was Morton Kelsey, to enter graduate studies and seven years later to become a priest and a psychotherapist. See the tabs Living Well into Our Dying for further stories.

I am a writer working on my chapters of my memoir, perhaps entitled Living into Dying: A Priest Couple Encounters Death, the story of my second husband’s and my relationship. I am a mother, and stepmother and grandmother of multitudinous children and one greatgrandchild. I am in a thriving third marriage; I am a friend; and I am a sister to two brothers who have died. I am deep into the roller coaster of Metastatic Breast Cancer; recent journal entries can be found on CaringBringe.com. My ongoing seeking, questioning and desire for dialogue continue with my Blog as well as my articles and memoirs–and LIFE!