I am a Los Angeles native, the second of four children born to the daughter of an Iowa Methodist minister and a Montana/Iowa farm boy who studied physics in L.A. after WWII. We were very active in the small local Methodist church and I assumed I was a Christian because I was there every week of my life, barring a fever. But God, in His great mercy, showed me that isn't what makes one a Christian: I actually received Jesus as Savior as an 18year-old with a baby and a troubled marriage, and ever since I've been learning how to follow closer after Jesus.

Several years at Larry Norman's Friday night Bible study taught me to take the Bible seriously (because, sadly, my first church didn't) but the nascent Vineyard community kept moving further west and I couldn't afford the gas; a friend at work suggested Pasadena Covenant Church and that became my home for about 7 or 8 years and their excellent choir was my "small group." We left for St Mark's Episcopal in Altadena, and I served on their vestry. My husband drifted away from church and I followed, until our marriage abruptly ended in 1994 and I learned Christ is the only solid rock, all other ground is sinking sand.

St Mark's was lovely but too much in the sway of All Saints in Pasadena, and a friend recommended St Jude's in Burbank. I walked in and the LORD said, "you're home." I was part of the prophetic intercessor's prayer group with Fr Mike Flynn and served on one of several music teams. Later Fr Chuck Mitchell asked me to serve on the vestry, which I did until I moved to Escondido, October 2013, and joined Anglican Church of the Resurrection (Fr Bill Gandenberger). I served on their music team, rebuilt their website, and joined the vestry when asked. When ACR folded, I came to Christ the King in Poway since my mom lived in Poway. Fr Russell Martin asked me to join the vestry and then announced he was leaving - we went through the arduous rector search process but happily found Fr Eric Zolner.

I have continued to serve on the music team and the vestry, currently as clerk. I also spent more than thirty years on the board of directors of the Mythopoeic Society, a small literary non-profit organization, and about 4 years on the board of the Costumers' Guild West, another small non-profit; in both cases they went from shoestring budgets to a solid financial footing during the time I served.

I bring about 45 years of board experience. My career goal was to be a successful singer/ songwriter; I worked for Capitol Records International Division for about 7 years; I produced an extremely low-budget feature film and bounced around the edges of Hollywood but, really, God has kept Himself front and center in my life. If I can serve Him by serving on the DWA Executive Committee, I am very willing.