About The ministry

It all started when…

I was in India on retreat in 2018, sitting with my frustrations about the disconnect between the practice of yoga and the practice of justice. I had grown up a student of Christ, learning from the complex theology offered to her in a conservative, African-American Protestant denomination. I learned early that I felt alienated ad wounded by the misogyny, queerphobia, judgment, and shame that I saw observing others in my faith communities. There must be a way to help Xians experience sacred embodiment, and help yogis experience justice work as skillful action. After wrestling with this question, I set out in search of an answer that lead from India to Chicago to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where I earned a Masters of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, then South to the Carolinas for chaplaincy residency, and eventually, back to the East Coast. The undercurrent of this journey is reproductive chaplaincy: given my background in reproductive justice, I am devoted to the service of folks at the intersection of spiritual care and reproductive decision making. Let me be clear: I am a pro-choice, pro-faith spiritual care provider. I currently provide spiritual care for birthing people, babies, their families, and other community members at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Part of exploring how to serve Spirit, and help heal the broken connection between bodies and Spirit, has led me into an exploration of congregational ministry. I’ve found home in a community of worship and justice work and a container for discernment—the United Church of Christ, a mainline Protestant denomination. I am an ordained UCC Minister, and in addition to my chaplaincy practice, I am a deacon at First Church Somerville UCC.