Brian is an author, speaker, pastor, overly-ambitious cyclist, community organizer and spiritual pilgrim. He flirts between the two worlds of traditional religion and emerging forms of spirituality. He loves much about the Church-it's seasonal rhythms, the birth to death rituals and care, and the thirst for a connection to the Sacred in Her various forms. But his spirituality comes alive even more so when he is pushing the pedals over a mountain pass or cycling through a bucolic rural landscape of crops and vineyards, rivers and lakes. His search for truth has taken him into the worlds of mythology and religious mysticism. His spiritual practice includes regular yoga, readings from a variety of spiritual literature, exploring the deeper narrative world of movies, and the enjoyment of food, nature, friends and family, and spirited and honest conversation.
His love of cycling started early when his mother routinely refused to drive him around town saying, "You've got a bike and two legs!" By the time he finished high school he was cycling in the foothills of Colorado alongside more experienced racers. The Olympic bug bit him in college and he put his studies aside to race bicycles reaching the national championships twice before returning to college. Since then he has traded in his racing bike for a touring bike. He has completed this 4,000 mile pilgrimage around the western United States and another seven-week pilgrimage beginning at the Vatican in Rome and ending in Konya, Turkey, home to the Tomb of Rumi, the famous Sufi mystic, philosopher and poet.
Brian has an insatiable curiosity to discover the pulse of the world and the rich landscape of the soul. He works with non-profit agencies, religious organizations, and businesses seeking to rediscover the soul of their organizations to better thrive in an uncertain world where the language of pilgrimage provides a new blueprint for future viability and success.
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