About Me
About Me
Hi! I'm Rev. Mel (they/she). I am an ordained minister deeply rooted in my connection with land, community, and my ancestors. My ministry is guided by my commitment to collective liberation, an understanding that everything is interconnected, and my belief that deepening relationships of reciprocity encourage community and individual flourishing. I find joy in creative visioning and living our futures in being. The future I'm living is one of decolonization, of reciprocity and abundance. A collective future where "all flourishing is mutual" (Robin Wall Kimmerer, "The Serviceberry").
Hi! I'm Rev. Mel (they/she). I am an ordained minister deeply rooted in my connection with land, community, and my ancestors. My ministry is guided by my commitment to collective liberation, an understanding that everything is interconnected, and my belief that deepening relationships of reciprocity encourage community and individual flourishing. I find joy in creative visioning and living our futures in being. The future I'm living is one of decolonization, of reciprocity and abundance. A collective future where "all flourishing is mutual" (Robin Wall Kimmerer, "The Serviceberry").
I find myself and find myself most in nature, in the water, at the pottery wheel, and gathered around the table with friends.
I find myself and find myself most in nature, in the water, at the pottery wheel, and gathered around the table with friends.
Gratitude
I am deeply grateful for the people, places, and experiences that have had a deep impact on my ministry. A small sampling includes:
Nature, earth, plants, bees, and trees, the oceans, ponds, and streams
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
God's Gardeners from Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood
adrienne maree brown's teachings on liberation and creative visioning
Tricia Hersey's teachings on rest and decolonization
Awakening by Jessa Reed
Radical Love by Patrick Cheng
Alice Walker's teachings on God
The Chaplaincy Institute's Eco-Ministry course