Filters: Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515127895)

Lexanne Leonard is a writer, actor, and teacher. A graduate of Loretto Heights College Theatre Department, she has performed for over thirty years in community theatres in the Denver Metro area and with Merry-Andrew Afoot children's theatre company. Her MA in Education from Regis Jesuit University led her to the classroom. But after teaching for many years, Ms. Leonard has once again found her passion for the stage. After joining the Ecumenical Catholic Communion and through her exploration of Celtic Christianity and its high regard of the bard and poet, she discovered her ministry working through writing and the theatre arts in her community to bring the Word alive. At a Church of the Holy Family, ECC, Ms. Leonard uses her talents to develop liturgy and homilies through the monologues she performs; with the youth group exploring and presenting their understandings of the Gospel and sacraments; and in partnership with Fr. Scott Jenkins of the Celtic Way writing prayers, choral readings, and designing church environment for monthly Celtic Celebrations. She also enjoys offering writing workshops with all ages to explore from within Spirit and discover the luminous voice inside everyone. A graduate of the Catholic Biblical School of the Archdiocese of Denver, her passion is researching, writing, and performing monologues that give voice to women of the New Testament. These are voices she feels have been ignored or diminished over the centuries. Of Ms. Leonard's piece, The Magdalene, it has been said, "This is living theater at its finest and packs a Biblical punch! Churches need to see this and reflect together on the rich layers of meaning..." - Stefan Andre Waligur, Songs of Peace Other pieces Ms. Leonard offers for performance include The Woman With the Flow of Blood, and in the fall of 2016, Royal Purple, the Syrophonecian Woman. You can follow Lexanne Leonard @leximagines or at leximagines.com.