Hometown: born in Grand Rapids, MI and moved around to KY and PA but mostly grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of NY
 

Quick Info About Lisa

Job at Crossroads: Worship Shepherding, video and multi-media, mentoring, teaching

Family: married to Tom since 1990; kids, Josh (born in 1996) and Emma Katie (born in 1998); our adopted black boodle dog, Atticus Finch Walsh; and a pet Bearded Dragon, Monty Python Walsh

Education and Experiences:
  • Diploma in Missiology (International Ministries and Anthropology), Moody Bible Institute
  • Diploma in Bible, Word of Life Bible Institute
  • Church Planter, New River Community Church, South Windsor, CT and here at Crossroads also
  • Home Group administration, copywriting, and mentoring at the Christian Life Center, Northport, NY
  • part-time technical writer from home
  • full-time mom
  
  Music: Ok, where do I start? Any worship music by Jeff Deyo, Phil Wickham, Todd Agnew, Vineyard UK/Eire or Kathryn Scott. All kinds of music except country and rap but I do like hip-hop and R&B. Sufjan Stevens, Madeleine Peyroux, Geoff Gascoyne, Coldplay, U2, Billy Joel, Jennifer Hudson singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Leaving" (from Dream Girls), Collective Soul, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mozart, early solo Sting, Brett Dennen, Janis Joplin, Robin Williams imitating Elmer Fudd covering Bruce Springsteen, and anything I hear my kids sing when they're happy   Favorite Books: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, On Writing by Stephen King, The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, Soul Cravings by Erwin Raphel McManus, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (just kidding, I couldn't get through it!), The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey, anything by Michael Connelly or Dennis Lehane, short stories of all kinds, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, and Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

 
  Heroes: Priscilla of the New Testament, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael (mid-1800s woman who pioneered the rescue of little girls from prostitution in India), the creators of Google Guilty Pleasures: watching The Office and American Idol on TV, watching funny videos on YouTube, and napping on a rainy day

Favorite Podcasts: Mosaic, The Moth Podcast, Tekzilla 		 
  Favorite Movies: Gran Torino, The Departed, Schindler's List, Sense & Sensability, Pride & Prejudice (the '95 BBC version), Capote, Good Will Hunting, Desk Set, The Godfather 1 & 2, Heat, the Wallace and Grommit shorts, Love Actually, Band of Brothers (series), The Italian Job, An Ideal Husband    

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