Rev. Mary
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Location | California, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I love exploring ideas that change the way we understand who we are and what we are capable of being and doing. Speaking, writing, traveling, and facilitating retreats, workshops, ceremonies and rituals are my special delights. I was a drama major in college, and trained as an actor at ACT in San Francisco. I've been a Center for Spiritual Living minister since 1986, and have pastored large churches, been Dean of one of our school of ministry campuses, and am an instructor for them. I wrote a book published by Tarcher/Putnam, Guidance from the Darkness, that explores how to weather change with grace. I'm a continuing student in a PhD program in Imaginal Psychology. I celebrate my family, including my son, daughter-in-law, and my grandson. |
| Interests | Ideas about consciousness, the new physics, and personal growth. Good food and wine, great books. Travel. Meditation. Writing, reading, and public speaking. Great jokes. That "aha" moment that transforms us forever. Live theatre. Movies. Mystical experiences. |
| Favorite movies | Harry Potter, Out of Africa, Heartburn, When Harry Met Sally, Galaxy Quest, Indiana Jones, Postcards From the Edge, Keeping the Faith, Defending Your Life, Back to the Future, Juno, Stardust, Ironman, Starman, LA Confidential, The Usual Suspects, P.S. I Love You |
| Favorite music | Rickie Byars Beckwith, Amanda Marshall, James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Beatles, Three Dog Night (anyone remember them?), Crosby, Stills & Nash, some Heart, some Creedence, some John Mayer, some Bon Jovi, and so many more... |
| Favorite books | This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes, the Harry Potter series, Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle's books, and so many others from spiritual stuff to fantasy to murder mysteries to science fiction. Love books and the use of language. Love movies and really good television. |