Biography
I am an author, instructor in the Spring Arbor University’s Master of Spiritual Formation program, retreat speaker, musician, mother and pastor’s wife. My husband of thirty two years is an Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Boulder, CO. My daughters are ages 26 and 23 and I have two son-in-laws.
I have been very involved with Renovare, the small group movement that grew out of Richard Foster’s book, Celebration of Discipline. I brought the program to First Pres., wrote a monthly newsletter for it for several years, and organized a regional Renovare conference in Boulder that was held in January of 1994. I have taught yearlong adult Sunday school classes that were an in-depth look at the Spiritual Disciplines, and I do workshops and retreats on the Spiritual Disciplines. My book, written with co-author Dr. Marti Watson Garlett, “Habits of a Child’s Heart: Raising Your Kids with the Spiritual Disciplines” is published by NavPress (2004).
“Spiritual Disciplines Devotional: A Year of Readings” (InterVarsity Press) came out in 2007.
I am also on the National Board for the “Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations” (LPM), a cooperative ecumenical continuing education program for “under trained” church musicians. Before going on the national board, I administered and taught in a local LPM program.
I received my Masters in Church Music and Organ from Valparaiso University. I have a B.A. in Music and Psychology from Metropolitan State College in Denver. I am currently the Coordinator of Music Ministries for a Lutheran church in Colorado and have published some choral music. I am one of the music reviewers for the American Recorder Society’s national magazine and I was one of the main editors for Chautauqua Porches, a community cookbook in honor of the Boulder Chautauqua’s hundredth anniversary in 1998.
Interests
Besides my work with the Spiritual Disciplines, I love music: playing the organ, harpsichord and/or recorder and singing. I enjoy traveling, especially internationally. I walk daily and I am trying to learn water color and calligraphy. I live in a National Historic Landmark community,where I regularly see bears, mountain lions, fox, coyote, and other wildlife.
