“We are not only thrown, we are also throwers.” - Amar D. Peterman

Nearly 50 years ago, Richard Foster wrote Celebration of Discipline. It first captured my imagination as a teenager in the ‘90s, and I keep coming back to it now.

A theological approach to trauma and grief through biblical lament and claiming sacred space and holy reimagination.

In Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, Kelly Brown Douglas traces the history of such systemic racism back much further than I did as a student in Chicago. She traces it to 98 C.E., when Tacitus published Germania, a book that went on to influence the Grand Narrative of American Exceptionalism. Theologically speaking, this is sin: systems built and fostered over centuries that thrive on denying life to others.

If individual and collective suffering is in part due to what Howard Thurman called a radical unremembering, could there be something powerful in reclaiming the memory that we are part of nature, and as such, we are part of each other? What has led to this unremembering, and can remembrance usher in healing?

Every infertility journey is unique. And no matter the outcome, each person on this journey deserves a safe space to experience the depths of pain and possibility.

Research shows that space and place help us find meaning in our loss. In order to heal, we need to inhabit the uninhabitable, as philosopher Gaston Bachelard says in “The Poetics of Space.” But what does it mean to inhabit the uninhabitable? And how can we create space for people to do it?

This ordinary life with all of its questions is sacred, and sometimes we need a companion to journey with us. Here are three reasons I think spiritual direction is beneficial.

I believe that photography is an art and spiritual practice.

Being nice has long been touted as incompatible with good leadership.

Grief demands space.

And while research has found a connection between holistic health and employee outcomes, soul care in the workplace is also just the right thing to do.

In this e-book, you will find insights from my experience, poems and lyrics from my own beloved “guides,” and collages. I hope you will share your own thoughts and experiences back with me.

What is a contemplative practice and why should you incorporate them into your daily life?

Poems for comfort (or anything you need) if you’re grieving

No words, just vibes.

‘Grief work is soul work.’

I have described myself as a “bit of a mystic.” But why? What IS mysticism?

What is spiritual direction, and does it have benefits? How is it different from a life coach or therapist?