Saturday, October 22, 2011


And so my short film career begins...
This is from our four day trip to Sicily that made me feel so very lucky to be alive.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011



I awake from my slumber beneath the roof of a beautiful home in a beautiful city.
Dear God, why are you so good me?
Time is running through my fingers like water. I bathe in it beautifully.
This love it surges through my veins uncontrollably no matter where I am.
And so I set sail, ready to colonize the New World starting with a place the
natives call, "Italy." Ready to sow seeds of reckless compassion and blind faith.
Ready to set fire to the darkness in my heart.
And to my surprise they resemble my own people.
The land still speaks to me clearly, albeit buried beneath 
centuries of civilization. Working for God is the same everywhere.
I will never forget your words, Michael: "It does not 
matter where you go. It only matters why you go." I am here for you, Love.

Mi sveglio dal mio sonno sotto il tetto di une bella casa a una bellissima città.
Caro Dio, come fai a sapere come completarmi perfettamente? 
Il tempo corsa attraverso le mie dita come l'acqua, bagno in esso splendidamente.
Questo amore circola fortemente come sangue nelle mie vene in modo incontrollabile,
non importa dove mi trovo. E così mi sono messo a vela, pronta a colonizzare
il Nuovo Mondo. Inizio con un posto che i nativi chiamano "Italia."
Pronta a seminare i semi di compassione spericolata e di fede cieca.
Pronta a bruciare il buio dal mio cuore.
Con mia sopresa, si assomigliano la mia gente perché
umano è umano è umano è umano.
La terra ancora parla con me in modo chiaro, anche se sepolta
sotto secoli di civiltà. Lavorare per Dio è lo stesso ovunque.
Non dimenticherò mai le tue parole, Michael: "Non importa dove tu vada, Lyla.
Importa solo perché si vada. Andare per amore."


Monday, October 3, 2011

"Si respira lo spirito santo, è ovunque," she tells me. "We breathe the Holy Spirit, it is everywhere." One day I found myself saying the evening prayers with the women who work for the Roma of Florence. The Roma (sometimes called "gypsies") are still discriminated against today and their problems mirror that of many people who immigrate to the United States from the south. Julia has told me that, "They were the slaves of the Romanian monasteries and nobles, from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, longer than were Blacks in America." We are working to increase literacy among Roma leaders so that they can teach others in turn.