Thanks for stopping by. I write, teach, and lead retreats--all aimed at helping people make a way for faith. I am passionate about:
I believe sharing the stories of our
lives is central to all of the above. I
am a practicing Christian with a deep
respect for people of all faiths.
I am a spy for hope!
I live among the rolling hills of Southwest Virginia, but travel the world in search of conversation partners. Primarily, you'll find me working from my home, surrounded by trees and shuttling daughters to and fro. The rest of the time I am on the road, often in Atlanta, Georgia, where I work with the Fund for Theological Education--whose motto is: Renew the Church, Call Young Leaders, Change the World.
My family (Lincoln and two daughters) and I love to kayak the river, ski the lake, practice yoga, and go where the wind takes us. Our most recent trip was to Ireland where I was touched by the lore of St. Brigid.
I am an ordained United Methodist minister who served churches in Chicago before getting my PhD in religious studies from Northwestern University. I am currently a member of the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
April 11 & 12, 2011: Indianapolis, IN Disciples of Christ
May 9 & 10, 2011: Richmond, VA United Methodists, Virginia
Annual Conference
June 16 & 17, 2011: New Orleans, LA FTE Ministry Conference
June 19-23, 2011: Wyoming "Spa for the Girlfriend Soul"
August 1, 2011: Nashville, TN United Methodist Scholars of
Christian Education
October 6-8, 2011: Atlanta, GA Awakening the Courage to CARE
with Parker Palmer, Georgia Tech Conference Center
October 22 & 23, 2011: Vancouver, Canada Celebrating the
Ordained Life West Vancouver United Church of
Canada
November 4-6, 2011: Toronto, Canada What Would Catherine of
Siena Do? Religious Education Association
November 18-20, 2011: San Francisco, CA Greenhouses of Hope First
Congregational Church of Berkeley & American
Academy of Religion
November 19-22, 2011: San Francisco, CA American Academy of
Religion
January 2012: New Book Release The Barefoot Way: A Faith Guide
for Youth, Young Adults and the People Who
Accompany Them. Westminster John Knox
April 17 & 18, 2012: Alexandria, VA Greenhouses of Hope Alexandria
District United Methodist Clergy and Youth Workers
April 23-26, 2012: Austin, TX The Barefoot Way Presbyterian
Christian Educators
May 7-10, 2012: Washington, DC Children, Youth and a New Kind
of Christianity
www.fteleaders.org
www.ringlake.org
http://rea2010.religioused.org
To read an interview with Dori in the United Methodist Reporter.
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"Read a few chapters, and you will feel a new sense of hope for the church and the world. Read the whole book, and you will have a set of well-tested "greenhouse" approaches to growing young adults who can help all of us flourish in this struggling world."
-Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak, A Hidden Wholeness, and The Courage to Teach
"As you turn the pages, the stories in Greenhouses of Hope will nourish you and your ministry."
-Carol Howard Merritt, author of Reframing Hope
"Where better for the church to find a fresh imagination for ministry than to stop, look, and listen to the words and lives of young people?"
-Thomas E. Frank, Wake Forest University
"...this collection feels like the messy work of the Holy Spirit."
-The Rev. Dr. Lillian Daniel, First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
Read a review of Greenhouses of Hope by clicking here
Hear me give a talk about my new book.
More reviews
Doing Girlfriend Theology is a way of engaging girls and women in the stories of their own lives, simply for the purpose and pleasure of seeing that God shows up in the most surprising places.
Read a review of this book by clicking here
Lives to Offer helps us wonder: What if helping young people find meaning and purpose was the primary reason for doing youth ministry? My co-author, Joyce Mercer, and I take turns writing about ways we see this in action.
I am glad you stopped by. Let me know what you are thinking.
Visit me on Facebook and visit these links that I love:
www.fccb.org
http://being.publicradio.org
www.inwardoutward.org
www.broadstreetministry.org
http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/news/features/2010-advent-calendar
Dori blogs about the importance of storytelling in the Huffington Post CLICK HERE
"Go to the Limits of Your Longing"
by Rainer Maria Rilke; translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.
These are the words we dimly hear:
You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody me.
Flare up like a flame
and make big shadows I can move in.
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.
Don't let yourself lose me.
Nearby is the country they call life.
You will know it by its seriousness.
Give me your hand.
Book of Hours, I 59
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