I am a husband & father, wandering spiritual companion, photographer, communitarian, community cultivator. I unashamedly drive a mini-van. I’ve been known for paradoxically falling asleep watching movies and drink way too much coffee. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. In 2005 my family and I moved to Seattle as part of our pilgrimage toward a more harmonious life and vocation.
My family and I are participants in a web of communities with different levels of intentionality– residential and non-residential. My interest in “intentional community” is part of my cultural heritage. I was raised with a very communal consciousness. In my early 20′s I discovered the works of Fr. Ernesto Cardenal from Nicaragua and his “neo-monastic” community in the Solentiname Islands. Since then on, my interest and practice have deepened as I explore more about communities of faith, resistance and creativity.
I am a Postulant for Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church, that means I am a “Priest wannabe.” Church of the Apostles is my local community of faith where I am part of the Society of the Order of Saint Julian – pastoral care group and also facilitate Breakfast Liturgy an experimental gathering around a breakfast meal seeking to foster community, prayer and hospitality.
I have had the honor to be a speaker/presenter at conferences such as: Big Tent Christianity, Wild Goose Festival, Episcopal Village PDX, Greenbelt (UK), Film Faith and Justice Festival, Emergent Theological Conversation (with Prof. Jürgen Moltmann), NAIITS – North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies, The New Conspirators, among others.
In the June 2008 issue of Sojourners Magazine I was mentioned as one the the top 10 Next-Gen leaders to watch. Read the article.
I’m working on an Master of Divinity degree at the School for Theology and Ministry at Seattle University.
Other involvements and connections include:
- latino ministry
- intentional community
- multiculturalism
- global justice movements
- autonomous movements
- new monasticism
- spiritual listening
- creative expressions of church
- anti-racism and racial reconciliation