Events feature storytelling and conversation about spirituality, peacemaking, storytelling, movies, and a whole lot else. My itinerary-in-progress is below. Contact us for more details of any of the events below, or to invite me to speak at your event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Ann Arbor, MI - Tuesday December 5th 2023 The Seventh Story at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, details here.

  • Asheville, NC - March 7th-10th, 2024 The Porch Gathering - festival of transformative storytelling, details at www.theporchgathering.com

  • Ring Lake Ranch, Dubois, WY - May 26th-June 1st, 2024 A Different Lens - The Power of Transformative Storytelling - retreat with David LaMotte

  • 2024 Ireland Retreats, Summer 2024, details at www.irelandretreats.com

Previous Events Include

  • In 2023

    How Not to be Afraid events in Portland, Seattle, and Ashland

  • New Story Spokane festival in Spokane, details here.

  • JUNE - OCTOBER 2023: Several retreats in Ireland with friends exploring the possibilities of transforming our stories, depolarizing society, and living into a better world. Visit www.irelandretreats.com to learn more.

  • In 2022

    How Not to be Afraid events in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Madison, Chicago, Spokane, Portland, Bellingham, Minneapolis, Boston, and Middlebury

  • In 2020

    Medicine Stories retreat with David Wilcox, Santa Monica, CA. Click here for details.

    Movies & Meaning festival, Asheville, NC Click here for details.

  • In 2019

    Nowhere Else Festival in Ohio

    Columbafest with Iona Community in Glasgow

    Eight Night Ireland Retreat with John Dear.

    Eight Night Ireland Retreat with Kathleen Norris.

    Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, NC

  • In Previous Years

  • RetreatTs to Ireland with guests including David Wilcox, Eric Elnes, Barry Taylor, David LaMotte, Brian McLaren

  • Medicine Stories Retreats with David Wilcox

  • Co-founder & co-host of New Story Festival in Austin, TX

  • AVL Wordfest in Asheville, NC

  • Movies & Meaning in Albuquerque, NM and Asheville, NC

  • New Year Retreat with David Wilcox

  • Glen Workshop in Santa Fe, NM

  • Seventh Story event with Brian McLaren

  • Search For Meaning Book Festival at Seattle University

  • Weekend Retreat with David Wilcox in Kelowna, BC

  • Storytelling, Landscape, Music and Peace Retreat in Ireland with David LaMotte

  • Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, NC

  • Greenbelt Festival in Kettering, UK

  • The Search for Home, Lecture at Lookingglass Theater in Chicago, IL

  • Telling a New Story, Lecture at Chied O’Neill’s

  • Skylight Festival in Toronto, Canada

  • Sie Film Center in Denver, CO

  • TransFORM in San Diego, CA