In Filters, Lexanne Leonard passionately describes her journey of discovery beginning with the death of her parents, through breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church, and finally alighting upon a new spirituality. Following the seasons of the church year, she lyrically, and sometimes brashly, shares her reawakening with her readers. Filters has been called "...at times provoking and yet other times feels like a gentle companion who appears out of nowhere matching time and place providentially. There is a beautiful journey hidden within these pages." - Scott Jenkins, Celtic Way Lexanne Leonard's poetry appears in Tania Runyan's How To Write A Poem, and in Casual, an e-book to be released in April of 2016, both published by TS Poetry Press. Her theatre monologues appear in two editions of Audition Monologues for Young Women complied by Gerald Lee Ratliff. In the fall of 2015, Advent Journey, her Advent devotional of poetry and prayers commissioned by A Church of the Holy Family, ECC, will be available on Amazon.com.
About the Author: 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.