Walking the Ancient Path
When God’s Story Meets Ours
The ancient path always begins with a call—a whisper, a nudge, or a vision so clear it refuses to let us go.
For me, it began with a simple but weighty instruction: “Write the vision and make it plain.”
For some, the vision looks like launching a business, creating art, serving in ministry, or building community. For others, it means slowing down, tending to home, or simply learning to sit again in the presence of God.
In 2004, while working as a teaching artist in New York City, I heard God say, “I’m requiring more of you.” I didn’t yet have language for a call to the arts. I had never seen an artist named as someone God sends. And yet, deep within, I knew the stage was holy ground. The call was already taking shape—to be an agent of healing through story, performance, and presence.
That moment placed me on what Jeremiah calls “the ancient path”—a way that moves in many directions but always circles us back to the heart of God.
From Artist to Theologian
Ten years later, in 2014, I entered Wesley Theological Seminary to pursue a Master of Divinity and a certificate in Theology and the Arts. Seminary gave voice to what I had long sensed:
my ministry lives at the intersection of God’s story and our story.
I continued my studies with an MFA in Creative Writing, centering my work on spiritual writing, followed by a Master of Sacred Theology at Drew University, where I explored how writing, theology, and biblical interpretation can become pathways to healing.
But my true clarity arrived in 2017 at a conference, when participants were asked to stand and name their call. I had nothing prepared. Still trembling, I rose to my feet, and the Spirit spoke through me:
“I am an artist. I am a theologian. I am called to be a healer.”
In one moment, every thread—art, ministry, scholarship, story—wove itself into a single, God-shaped calling.
The Scripture That Anchors My Life
At Wesley, I truly heard Jesus’ words in Luke 4:18–19 for the first time:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me… He has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor… to proclaim that captives will be released… the oppressed will be set free… and the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”
The passage brought me to tears.
It felt like an invitation—to pour out my life in the way only an artist can, using story, movement, and word to proclaim Good News. It became the heartbeat of my calling: a reminder that healing and liberation are always at the core of the Gospel.
Communion. Community. Creativity.
Today, I live out this calling as a storyteller, speaker, and spiritual director. Each expression rests on three anchors:
Communion
Helping people draw close to God—cultivating a life of abiding in Christ.
Like the woman at the well, we discover a God who knows us fully and loves us still.
Community
Creating spaces where faith and art meet.
Through workshops, residencies, and storytelling, I invite others to see how their lives are woven into God’s ongoing story of healing.
Creativity
Co-creating with the One who made us.
Not every artistic expression is explicitly religious, but all true creation is sacred. My work is not to force healing but to make space for God to do what only God can do—what Jennifer Kloss so beautifully describes as “dusting for the fingerprints of God.”
Still Walking the Ancient Path
It has been twenty years since that first call in 2004, and I am still walking the ancient path—still writing, still listening, still creating sacred spaces for others to encounter God.
But this is not only my story.
The ancient path belongs to all of us.
God is always calling—sometimes gently, sometimes insistently—inviting us to take the next faithful step.
Maybe your path looks like launching something new.
Maybe it looks like slowing down and tending to what matters most.
Maybe it looks like making more room for God’s presence in your everyday life.
Wherever you are, the same Spirit who called Jesus, and who called me, is calling you, too.
The ancient path is where your story meets God’s story.
The only question is: what step will you take next?