Hometown: born in Grand Rapids, MI and moved around to KY and PA but mostly grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of NY
Pet Peeves: unnecessary rudeness, being tailgated while driving, winters with no snow, flowery smells, when I wake myself snoring, close talkers, when people won't say what they really think, getting up before 7 A.M., having dirt under my fingernails, touching cardboard (I know—odd) 		 

Quick Info About Lisa

Job at Crossroads: Worship Leader
Family: Tom, my husband since 1990; my son Josh (born in 1996) and my daughter Emma (born in 1998); our 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
  • Home Group Administration and various copywriting, the Christian Life Center, Northport, NY
  • Missionary Internship: Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia (no, I'm not kidding...and, yes, I was working!)
  • part-time technical writer from home
  • full-time mom
  
  Music: Ok, where do I start? Any worship music by Matt Redman, 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, Elliot Yamin, Coldplay, U2, Xtina Aguilera's most recent CD, Billy Joel, Jennifer Hudson singing "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Leaving" (from Dream Girls), Collective Soul, Yes, Chicago, Santana, Barenaked Ladies (yes, Mom, it's a real group!), Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mozart, Eric Clapton, 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--I just wanted to impress you!), The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Soul Survivor by Philip Yancey, all the Lincoln Rhyme crime novels by Jeffery Deaver, short stories of all kinds, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (that one's true...yet still impressive!), and Rain Fall by Barry Eisler

 
  Heroes: Lydia and Priscilla of the New Testament, Eowyn of Lord of the Rings fame, 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, musician Matt Redman, Jim and Carol Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, Harriet Tubman, Harry Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt Guilty Pleasures: watching The Office and American Idol on TV, venti lattes at Starbucks (this is not only a pleasure...it's a necessity!), watching funny videos on YouTube, and napping on a rainy day
Favorite Podcasts: Mosaic Podcast, Ricky Gervais' comedy show
Weird Factoid: most of my factoids are weird 		 
  Favorite Movies: The Departed, The Matrix (let's be honest, there's only one worth seeing), Schindler's List, Sense & Sensability, Pride & Prejudice (the '95 BBC version), Capote, Good Will Hunting, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ocean's Eleven, 12 Monkeys, Citizen Kane, Desk Set, The Godfather 1 & 2, Heat, the Wallace and Grommit shorts, Love Actually, Sliding Doors, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, all the Die Hard movies, The Terminator, Band of Brothers (series), The Italian Job    

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