Drew cocks his head from one side to the other, like a pug that just heard the phrase “wanna go on a WALK?” He chews his straw. “So, like, your boyfriend likes to watch or what?” An idiotic grin plays at the corner of his lips as his transparent thought…

I was lucky enough to attend the very first New Story Festival right here in Austin last year. It’s focus is on dreaming new ways we can write the human story so that we can change our current course. Both religious and secular speakers attended, but one of the standouts…