I’m a huge fan of the 2001 movie, A Knight’s Tale. It’s a playful, suspend -your -disbelief story of a peasant rising above his circumstances through guile, jousting tournaments, and sheer determination. The main character, Will, meets a naked man named Geoffrey Chaucer * trudging along the road. Geoff is a compulsive gambler and has lost his clothes to a bad bet.  Will and Geoff form a friendship based on mutual need. Geoff’s immediate needs are clothing and food. Will needs Geoff’s masterful writing and forgery skills. A memorable scene occurs when a pair of debt collectors comes to collect from Geoff, but he cannot pay. These are the same…

A personal update from Elle ~ these past few months have been tiring. I’ve had two surgeries – one in February and one ten days ago. This month also brought about the incarceration of my daughter, although that was an answer to prayer. Anyone who loves a person with an addiction will tell you the relief they feel when their loved one is incarcerated because you know where they are and that they are alive and safe—this week brought the difficult decision to leave my church of six years. Although that decision brought deep sadness at first, I am starting to see wonderful growth opportunities. With that in mind, I…