The magic of 40: old soul, old friends and ‘old people love’
2025, my human age finally caught up with my soul age slow dancing to midlife lessons of grief and grace, rupture and repair, and the marriage myth.
by fivetwosix
deep calls to deep
I believe in disrupting norms to live differently — to really live. In inspiring contentment and contemplation, I hope to spark imagination of an uncommon life well-travelled and well-lived.
I.
Serial Tentmaker
travel globally.
A tentmaker whose home is on the road for 20 years: from Cambodia to China, Copenhagen to California. I recently completed my Master in Leadership and Innovation at Biola while serving an urban ministry.
II.
Soulful Filmmaker
tell stories.
A writer-turn-filmmaker, I spent 15 years telling sports stories and helped launch the Olympic Channel. I launched Eight Parables as an arts patronage after incubating at Missional Labs in 2025.
III.
Social Innovator
tackle problems.
With two decades helping to solve problems around the world through social innovation and higher education, I currently teach at University of San Francisco training up students in Global Studies.
“I am a Thing-Finder, and when you are a Thing-Finder you don’t have a minute to spare. The whole world is full of things, and somebody has to look for them.”
— Pippi Longstocking aka my childhood heroine
WORDS AND IDEAS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
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Freefalling: The dark night rises
Of light at the end of a dark spiritual tunnel after almost seven very long years navigating “The Wall” in preparing (and ready) to enter the second half.
Between Sorrow and Shalom; Forty and Fresh start in-transit
“Where Am I?” Deep in transition embracing unknowns and beauty in slow living, live simply and surrendered joy holding shalom amidst sorrow.
honest & hygge 