| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | President of the Center for Renewal |
| Location | Houston, TX, United States |
| Introduction | I am a writer, speaker, teacher, social entrepreneur, founder of the Center for Renewal and the WorkFaith Connection in Houston, and am now teaching in the Honors College of Houston Baptist University. In my earlier life I was an international television correspondent in Europe, a Reagan White House appointee, served the Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill and Hillsdale College. My beloved husband Winston and I have raised (and survived) four children who were all teenagers in the same decade, who are now making their way into adulthood. My Potomac fever is in remission. In faith, I am a member of the Tiber Swimming Team. My cultural wingspan includes working on the night shift assembly line putting together the wiring for Mustangs and Cougars, and having dinner with the Queen of England. Every two weeks I get to speak to, and hug, a roomful of convicted felons and former drug addicts -- an experience I haven't had since I worked in Washington. Creative outlets include writing, painting, singing and playing the piano. |
| Interests | The True, the Good and the Beautiful. The continuing Great Conversation. Renewing souls, communities and the culture. Awakening the intellect. Mutual transformation through love. |
| Favorite Movies | A Room with a View, Notting Hill, Possession, The Mission, Brideshead Revisited (Granada version), Casablanca, Out of Africa, Creator, The Scarlet and the Black, Don Juan de Marco, and when I need a dose of weirdness, The Fifth Element, The Long Kiss Goodnight or Moulin Rouge. |
| Favorite Music | Everything by Bach and Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel, Brahms (especially the 4th), Mahler (especially the Resurrection Symphony), Beethoven, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, anything performed by Joshua Bell on the violin, by Yo Yo Ma on the cello or sung by Andrea Boccelli. And when with little people, Veggie Tales (Silly Songs by Larry.) |
| Favorite Books | The Bible, Roots of American Order and everything by Russell Kirk, Father Elijah by Michael O'Brien, Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helperin, Notes Toward the Definition of Culture and everything by T.S. Eliot, Sanctifying Myth by Brad Birzer, Beauty for Truth's Sake by Stratford Caldecott, all of Shakespeare, Yeats, John Donne, C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. |
