Since making my big announcement about my book contract in early March, I have been mostly quiet about the status of my project, save for a few tweets. As a budding writer, I have benefitted from reading others who write about writing. Perhaps my journey as a writer will encourage and benefit others too. But now spring beckons and warmer temperatures tease me. Plus, at the end of Ma.

Writer, Speaker, Coach.

I was gay, in the closet, and on staff at a church that remains opposed to LGBTQ people living true to their sexual identities. My church and the denomination of which it is a part will still not officiate, celebrate, or recognize the marriages of same-sex couples. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.

Talking about faith, fiction, poetry and occasionally art. Tuesday, March 27, 2018. And the culture I should have been raised in? The one that celebrates naps.

Welcome to Joy in This Journey. This blog has been invaluable. It introduced me to some of my best friends and served as therapy as I wor.

I am a writer, speaker and dancer. I love fashion and art .