Spiritual Care

I have offered spiritual care in many hard places: mental health institutions, hospitals, jails, and homeless camps. I was trained in a model of mental health chaplaincy developed by people like Deborah Little Wyman, founder of Ecclesia Ministries, and Craig Rennebohm, author of Souls in the Hands of a Tender God. In these times of hardship and change, I believe that being with people, without judgment, is one of the most important things spiritual care providers can do.

My own spiritual experience is varied. I was raised in far-right, fundamentalist Protestantism in the United States and, like many in my generation, was deeply wounded by its vision of an angry God who demands conformity and abject devotion. In early adulthood, I left those circles and studied global religions, studying Islam and Latin American Catholicism in college and Celtic spirituality and paganisms on my own. Eventually, my questioning brought me to the liberation theology of Gustavo Gutierrez and James Cone, who believed that God was on the side of the poor and oppressed and that theology had to start, not with theory, but with praxis within poor communities. I was ordained in the Episcopal Church in the U.S. for a decade, serving as an interfaith chaplain and co-founder of Chaplains on the Harbor. I resigned my orders in 2023, recognizing that I was no longer Christian, and have continued my spiritual path, studying New Religious Movements like Paganism and witchcraft traditions. Through all of this, my own faith might be best described with the phrase: “The opposite of faith is not doubt, it is certainty.”

I am currently earning a Spiritual Direction Certificate and will be offering one on one spiritual care and coaching, while in training, beginning in early 2026. I also teach at Cherry Hill Seminary.