In his seminal 19th-century children's story, “The Golden Key,” George MacDonald tells of a key that unlocks a door to the imagination. This is no mere indulgence. Imagination and stories are at the very core of who we are. What do the stories we tell say about who we are and who we want to be? What does it mean to think of imagination as a radical act and a spiritual practice?

 

Derrick Mustelier is a recent graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry pursuing their call to an entrepreneurial ministry of creative and ritual arts. They were born and raised in Miami, FL where they became a "Born Again UU" nine years ago and they love to write (music and words) and read and get lost in the worlds and fandoms of movies and television. Identities they claim include Queer, Genderqueer, and Ravenclaw.