Hello! I’m Tory.

My pronouns are they/them.

I was born and raised in Colorado, where I live with my wife, our children, and a menagerie of pets and houseplants.

I am a priest in the Episcopal Church, a doctoral student, and a multidisciplinary creative. I love the church, I love learning, and I love practicing creativity in a way that welcomes others into loving relationship with themselves, God, and their neighbors.

Growing up in a family of musicians fostered my life-long connection between spirituality and creativity. I developed a voracious appetite for creative practice that has led me from music to theater, painting, drawing, digital art, poetry, knitting, and sewing. I could never pick one thing, so I stopped trying.

I am also the first non-binary priest ordained in the Diocese of Colorado. I see my ministry as a witness to the infinite variety of human expression, and the truth that we are all beloved children of God. God is so big, and the church sometimes tries to make God small, small enough to be comfortable. It is my conviction, though, that a vital, Spirit-filled church can still speak to the challenges and opportunities of our present situation. The love of Jesus Christ has saved my life, and I know that it can save others.