What do you imagine when you hear the term “minister” or “reverend?” Does a specific person come to mind? An outfit? An experience? I’m actually curious so please share if you’d like.

Every time I tell someone I’m a minister, I feel the need to quickly explain. The title “minister” comes with a lot of preconceived notions… I believe the term “minister” often calls to mind a leader in a christian denomination of some sort, and that person is likely acting within a church of some sort. While that might sit well for some who have had positive experiences with ministers, it can also bring up ideas and feelings of dogma and religious authority that can be triggering for others.

Do you feel at all internally connected to the changing of the seasons? I know it’s back to school/work time: there is a feeling of getting back into the swing of things, back to a routine, “back at it.” But maybe there is more to it…

Our ancestors, especially those that lived in indigenous cultures or any earth-based traditions such as Pagan, Wiccan and Druidic traditions, all lived in deep connection with the earth including her cyclical nature. As we have culturally leaned more into capitalism, individualism and technology, we have lost our awareness and connection to our innate cyclical nature.

Have you ever had a moment where something stops you in your tracks? A moment where your focus gets narrowed in and yet at the same time completely expanded: whatever you were thinking about is no longer in your mind, you may even literally stop moving, and you become entranced by beauty, wonder, awe, or feeling spiritually connected somehow? I had never heard of or thought of a term for these moments that I experience, but then one came to me recently: “Magical More”

Here's the basic explanation of what I’m thinking in these moments: “how could it be possible that this exists in this world and there is NOT something more magical going on than what we know??”

As I continue to dance with what it means for me to be a minister in practice, I had a massive epiphany recently… I want to be more of a traditional minister than I realized.

At the same time, I’m not a traditional minister at all!

I share this epiphany and how I’m traditional and non-traditional in my first ever video!