After college, I spent 16 years in the lucrative medical supply industry which afforded me the time and resources to continue my passion for politics as well as a new passion for overseas mission work.  In 2008 I was asked by our local state senator to run for state representative in my district.  I enjoyed running for office.  I loved people and I got to knock on doors throughout the district meeting people of all backgrounds face to face.  My heart foresaw a new day was dawning and I knew it would take bringing people of all races, faces and places together to, in the words of my first press-release, go “through the mountain pass” towards the rising of the sun.  I lost that bid for state representative in a close race.  A few years later I’d put down politics in general after seeing behind the curtain and realizing I didn’t know anyone who was building the vision I saw in my heart.  Now that all seems like a world away, lifetimes ago in ways, but the burning vision of the dawning of a new day is still ever-present with me!  

In 2015, I left my entire world and came to Nashville to pursue the arts.  I went to and graduated from SAE Institute, an international audio-engineering school.  Without a background in music, I thrived again by bringing different people and their talents together to make music.  It was one of the best experiences of my life!  I ended up graduating Valedictorian from our class.  I had a sincere love for all my classmates and found such delight allowing them to bring their gifts to the table and create without pre-conceived musical rules getting in the way.  We experimented in new, fun ways!  I felt like the bands in the 60s and 70s must have as many of them experimented with sound.  And so, like them, that’s exactly what we did and we made some incredible music along the way!  Music school really peeked my interest in the arts in general.  After graduating I was inspired by photography; I took online classes and within a year was booking new photography clients.  

I did that for a few years until last year when, in a wild course of events, I ended up starting a handyman crew with an older handyman who we called, Professor.  We had a small crew and were having so much fun together I started making Instagram reels and calling it “The Handyman Show!”  Many days find us laughing together, always hugging one another as we leave jobs, saying “I love you” to whomever on the crew we’re working with.  We enjoy sharing that love and bringing good vibes into people’s homes.  Some of it gets witnessed in frame and made into reels by our Creative Directors.  You can see the fun we have on Instagram at @thehandymanshow or on our website www.thehandymanshow.co. 

And now to the incredible opportunity before me, to guide and mentor the children.  I didn’t see this coming, but starting a few years ago, I had another vision of the heart and often posted on socials, “The Return of the Children.”  I had no idea how it all would unfold though.  But what a wonderful way it is!  An Academy of Natural Arts at Elevation Central!!  Wow!  Elevation Central means so much to me already.  The land and the house Jerry Hicks built by hand feel very sacred to me.  So many who come to a community gathering, workshop or retreat are moved deeply by just being present on the property.  And as for Christy Lynn, I believe she has been preparing for this day her entire life!  She runs a tight ship and has a pure heart that loves to inspire and equip people to embody their best!

As a new day of consciousness dawns before us, I often think of the words of Jesus that one must turn around and become as a child and step onto the stage to receive the kingdom.  The children are strategically poised to lead the way towards the rising of the sun “through the mountain pass.”