Ellen
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Director of Education |
| Location | Midwest, United States |
| Introduction | I have been married for over twenty years. My husband and I have three amazing children, two tweens and a teenager. I teach, I read, I write, I parent, I run, I work at discipleship and I try to open myself to a God who transforms me through those I love and those I struggle to love, those I serve and those who graciously serve me, through prayer and through scripture. I am a perpetual student with few answers and many questions. I value story,solitude, and community. I am seldom lonely but often tired. I embrace life a few days a week and work to accept it on the others. I love and I am loved. I believe in a faihful God whose love endures. |
| Interests | faith and spiritual formation teaching, reading, writing, running, education reform, healthcare reform, international adoption, the transformation of mainline church, radical discipleship and creating community, mental health issues in children and adolescence; learning disabilities, identifying, cultivating, and using spiritual gifts |
| Favorite Movies | Moonrise Kingdom The Perks of Being a Wallflower Silver Linings Playbook |
| Favorite Music | Anything my son plays on the piano or my other son sings acapella |
| Favorite Books | Falling Upward by Richard Rohr, Plan B:Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow by Anne Lamott, The Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen, Christianity After Religion by Diana Butler Bass, The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahari, All is Forgotten Nothing is Lost by Lan Samantha Chang, Returning by Dan Wakefield, Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O Nan, Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro, Runaway by Alice Munro, The Human Stain by Philip Roth, Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, Saturday by Ian McEwan |