Humans are made for stories, telling and listening to them. Stories exercise our imaginations. We experience the fullness of the present moment while we look back on the past and imagine the future. In the midst of a storytelling circle, we are privileged to enjoy the eternal; united by the forever connections between time and all human experiences. The storyteller shapes the values and vision of a community. Throughout human history, the role of the storyteller has been to a

Gathering together in a circle to look at each other and to listen to each other is a sacred practice that has inspired and connected human beings to the best of themselves since ancient times. Today is the first day of my new story circle project, "Trans*cend." Almost a year ago, Victoria Elizabeth Hester called me and asked, "Could you do one of your story circle projects with us, the transgender people in Memphis?" A week later, Shelby Fuller Elwood called me with news tha