Writing

Seeds of Tolerance

My second year of university, I started a Pagan student group. This is the story of its beginnings and continued growth as part of a diverse and tolerant religious community. Published in If: a journal of spiritual exploration.

Against My Will: Death, Life, and Meaning for an Activist

In Findhorn, I learned that facing mortality can bring new meaning to an activist's work.

New Year

The start of my second year brings me out of silence, and into questions about what kind of academic I want to be.

Summer

Reflections on the PhD process, and preparing for the year ahead.

What's in a Name? Colonial Dynamics in Spiritual Practice

The politics of domination can manifest even in our spiritual practices.... How we might begin to recognize and heal our attitudes. Published in PanGaia Magazine.

Making Miracles

The story of Hanukkah in modern times.

Power of the Pen

Exploring the role of writers in social movements, focusing on the frameworks writers build and how they can recreate the dominant paradigm, or empower us to see the world differently (final essay for my Spiritual Activism module).

True Interfaith Dialogue

Letter to the Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice, in response to their public meeting which was overwhelmingly Christian and completly monotheistic.