I had the honor of speaking at Kertis Creative’s staff retreat and while everyone in the room was smarter than me, I still appreciated the opportunity to wax poetically about storytelling — or at least the prerequisite: listening. The post-lunch speaking spot is always the most difficult, but I promise…

This is a portion of my speech from South Louisville Community Ministries’ annual dinner, Families Helping Families, on March 15th, 2022. Two years ago, to the day, we postponed this event. I went from planning a celebratory dinner to a press conference in our building to respond as a city…

Last week, South Louisville Community Ministries received a call from a family that literally lost everything. Not from a fire, but from an eviction. The sheriff was ordered to go to their house and to take all of their belongings out and onto the sidewalk. It’s a devastating thing to…

While in Senegal as a Peace Corps volunteer, I received three care packages. They were few and far between, but full of precious items: bacon bits, ranch dressing packets, cured sausage, and good pens. I hid the contents under pillows and behind books where I knew my host family would…