BIO: Lisa is the Public Relations and Trade Store Coordinator at World Library Publications. Lisa started playing flute at age nine, and she continued to play and study music all of her life. She is an instrumentalist for St. Anne Catholic Church in Barrington, IL under the direction of Rory Cooney. Lisa’s background includes dancing and teaching professionally for twenty years in the Chicago area. Most importantly, Lisa resides in Barrington, IL with her husband Tony, and four daughters. See more here.
QUOTE TO NOTE: (as a parent) Staying connected with where I was (in high school), where they are, where kids are today is really important because their world is hard. (My faith experiences) helped me navigate through the world and I am blessed for having that in my life. With my own kids and their friends and our house being “party central”, I enjoy that because I know that their are in a good place and I can help them through what they are going through. . .
Discipleship is knowing the grace, knowing the forgiveness, knowing the healing, and knowing the joy of being a follower of Christ and living the Kingdom in our own life.
OBSCURE FACTOID: As a parent, Lisa views herself as a model of discipleship for her young people. What is we began all our parent meeting with that concept, that statement, that belief? How much would it change the things we say and do?
BEHIND THE SCENES: After a long while of face-to-face interviews, this was a taped phone interview conducted from the recesses of our exile in “cubicle city.” My voice is lower as to not disturb my co-workers.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read here for May 7th.