CURRENT MISSION

Finding hope

ABOUT ME

I am kind, I am moved by beauty: the moon, stars, flowers, trees, lightning, poetry, harmonies, children, acts of tenderness and gentleness. I love music and when I am happy I love to sing. I am learning to listen better. I enjoy being outdoors and all activities involving physical coordination: bicycling, tossing frisbees and other flying objects, dancing, handstands, yoga, etc. I grew up playing soccer and video games. I enjoy cooking, reading, learning languages, playing guitar, memorizing poems, going for walks. I am searching for my way to help make it a better place. I want to live simply. I want to love well.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe we are created for intimate relationships with one another. I believe that we are part of a marvelous but tarnished world, made by a good and beautiful and mysterious creator who loves us more than we dare to imagine. I believe that my basic purpose in life is to listen to my heart and god (a loaded word for many), to do the things I know to be good and right, and to be courageous in following my dreams and taking risks. I believe we are made for infinite growth in love and creativity. "Eternity has been placed in our hearts".

I want to live my life unhurried, open to wonder and adoration of all that is beautiful and good in the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to stay with others when I travel, and host people when I am at home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted three people. I have been hosted in London and Paris. My host in Paris was especially gracious, going on a few walks with me and taking me out in the evening with her friends.

Interests

Other people, playing soccer, looking at paintings, reading novels, theology, poetry, teaching, children, good meals, morning/evening walks, sunrise/sunset, flowers, caring for my body, tea, hebrew, greek, spanish, simple living, bicycling, serving others, loving others, listening to others.

• poetry
• singing
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• flying
• flowers
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• soccer
• divinity
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Amelie, Good Will Hunting, Bright Star, Life as a House, Shawshank Redemption, Once

Books and Authors:
Wuthering Heights, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Brothers Karamazov , The World To Come, The Diary of a Country Priest

Thomas Keating, Simon Tugwell, Olivier Clement, Jean Vanier, Brother Roger of Taize, Eugene Peterson, David Bentley Hart, Dallas Willard, John O'Donohue, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Dr. Paul Brand, Paul Tournier, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Henri Nouwen, N.T. Wright

Poets:
Denise Levertov, Wendell Berry, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson

Music:
The Decemberists, Okkervil River, The Shins, Music of Taize, The Postal Service, Beethoven, Camera Obscura, Radiohead, Amelie Soundtrack, The National, Why?, Eluvium, Wolf Parade, The Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Rilo Kiley, Sigur Ros, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mason Jennings, Mirah, Iron and Wine, Jack Johnson, Elliott Smith, Cat Stevens, Bright Eyes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing sunrises from airplanes has also been quite incredible, as well as a few lightning storms I saw in Mexico.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn:
photography
to sing better
to play guitar better
religious history
intellectual history

I can teach:
soccer skills
some spanish
a little bit of the history of philosophy and intellectual history
some theology and philosophy
a few guitar chords and melodies
a little bit about cooking
some stretches and yoga postures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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