https://www.misfitspirituality.me/about daily 0.75 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6227a0b49a23cc393c14e3ca/e3133608-03b5-48c8-b852-01bf025096fa/IMG-6017.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6227a0b49a23cc393c14e3ca/d3a1f956-0f06-4d94-ae00-a991204742b7/Napping+Website+Photo.JPG About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6227a0b49a23cc393c14e3ca/1b0e5a8c-963e-4e9d-919e-7a85f63ecf4d/Zion%26I+Website.jpg About - first generation Danish-American, and proud of my Viking roots. pronouns are “she/they.” enneagram 7 with a strong wing 8. big kid at heart. love the pups. outdoors is my happy place. serious about my own growth of being an accomplice in the work for equity. huge sweet tooth. march madness maniac. napping all-star. laughing is my favorite. little ones are my heart. i go broke on books. i play all day. officiating bball is my side hustle. I hold a BA in Religious Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara, where I proudly donned the blue and gold on the hardwood. I also hold a MA in Teaching and Master of Divinity from North Park Theological Seminary, am I trained spiritual director, and completed a 16-month residency as an interfaith hospital chaplain. I have always been fascinated by the spiritual formation and development of the human soul. My own spiritual formation has been untraditional in many ways…didn’t grow up in the Church…but always found myself drawn to the inner and deeper stuff of life. When I first really learned of Jesus in high school I was drawn to the story of LOVE. There’s such a thing as a God who wants and does communion with ME?!? What the…!?! That was my first taste of some kind of conscious spiritual life. Since then I have wrestled with this “God” of the Bible. As someone who doesn’t have a memory of ever not knowing she was queer, my introduction into the Christian tradition and the Church presented quite the conundrum…or at least I was told it was. My journey in my 20s and 30s has been one of integration, healing, and liberation as I make my way home to myself, knowing God is already there within. I have always been a spiritual misfit…queer in all the ways, and God loves all of me! What is mine to do in the world now is to walk with others in their journey home, guiding them toward the liberation in ALL THE NAMES OF GOD. We are all spiritual misfits, because we are all uniquely fashioned to behold and reflect splendor of the One who is LOVE. There are as many spiritualities as there are people in the world….Misfit Spirituality is authentic spirituality. https://www.misfitspirituality.me/journey-wme daily 0.75 2022-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6227a0b49a23cc393c14e3ca/a58c6e4a-f3d8-4fed-94fe-12ab26d7e8ee/IMG-6036.jpg Journey w/Me - Book some time to walk together. All of us need some company for our spiritual journey. Perhaps you know about the ancient practice of spiritual direction and are looking for a new guide and friend for the next stage of the journey. Maybe you are just curious about spiritual direction and other offerings. Maybe you’re ready to join a band of misfits in your own journey home. 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