October 22, 2012

The second video in our four-part series follows Valarie Kaur, Sikh American woman, storyteller, and advocate for social change. She speaks of how her religion supports her deep belief in social justice, through its commitment to a fundamental oneness in the universe. Valarie is the founding director of Groundswell, a non-profit initiative that mobilizes people of faith in social action. Her award-winning film, "Divided We Fall" chronicles the voices of people swept up in hate violence after 9/11. "You are never alone in this fight", says Valarie, "when you have God in your heart, when you have faith by your side." Read more

October 19, 2012

Great news! Our book – Women Spirituality and Transformative Leadership – has been selected by the American Library Association as one of the top ten books for 2012 in the category of religion and spirituality. Congratulations to our editors Kathe Schaaf, Kay Lindahl, Dr Kathleen Hurty, and the Reverend Guo Cheen, as well as all thirty authors.       Read more

October 15, 2012

Here is the first video in our four-part series, which follows Kathe Schaaf. Raised in the Lutheran church, Kathe now considers herself a woman of spirit. In this film Kathe discusses her practice of gathering with other women. She ties it to the growing global movement of feminine energy, and to a shift in the ways we use words such as "power" "leader" and "faith". These are words that no longer refer to "us versus them" but are used in the context of "we" and "us all". Says Kathe: "Everyone is equal in a circle. Everyone is an expert. Everyone is a leader." Read more

October 8, 2012

  Women of Spirit an Faith  exists to invite the many brilliant threads of feminine spiritual leadership into relationship and to support emerging patterns for transformation. Our Earth is in crisis and it seems that many are looking to women to heal the planet and to foster the flourishing of our human family. Before women can step into our full potential as leaders and guides in this moment: We must individually reconnect with our deepest wisdom and with our spiritual roots; We... Read more

October 2, 2012

This Australian mother of four has discovered the Divine Feminine over a lifetime of camping trips, studying other faiths, tending to her children and building a tribe of like-minded women. Read more

September 27, 2012

My first memory of transformative spiritual experience endures as a moment of a prayer. I was not more than five, or perhaps younger, and I was sitting in the synagogue among the elders. Read more

September 17, 2012

Today, September 17th, is one year since we spilled into Zuccotti Park, a movement that changed me forever. Read more

September 14, 2012

When I think of what guides me the first word that comes to mind is hunger. A hunger for something I know, at some level, already exists. That when I wash away all of the layers, all of the noise and thoughts, there is a voice inside me that knows how to navigate. This hunger is my guide. Read more

September 10, 2012

My escape from Catholicism into the motherly arms of Spirit. Read more

September 7, 2012

Why, as I turn 65, and despite the years of self-reflection and doing my inner work, am I still not valuing my own Beingness? Time to own my right to an experience just for me. Read more


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