About

My best days are spent listening to other people’s stories and sharing my own, finding out that although we’re different, we have much more in common than we ever guessed. My calling is to encourage others and foster a sense of belonging and spiritual home, particularly for those who have felt marginalized by the church.

Currently, I serve as the Executive Director of CenterPeace, a Christian non-profit organization that nurtures the spiritual and emotional well-being of LGBTQ people by providing a place to belong in Christian community. We also work for the full integration of LGBTQ people into the life of the Church by coming alongside pastors, faith communities, and families.

While my tradition did not encourage women in pastoral roles, I have long had a pastoral heart. Since 2006, I have listened to the joys and sorrows of many people who have come to the doors of CenterPeace. And I have been blessed with meaningful opportunities to speak an encouraging word in churches, organizations, and educational institutions across the United States.

In former lives, I’ve coached high school and college speech and debate, and during a few years of insanity I practiced civil trial law.  From 2001 until 2011, I was an assistant professor in the communication department at Abilene Christian University. I loved my years of teaching and have a special place in my heart for young people.

Originally from small town Wichita Falls, Texas, I now call Dallas home, along with my family.

nurture the spiritual and emotional well-being of LGBTQ people by providing a place to belong in Christian community