Hark: to pay attention.
Holobiont: an assemblage of relationships that constitute a greater whole.
Mike Christie
A writer and convener focused on themes of spirituality, connection to place, finding levity through humor, and the miraculous woven within the common. Below are some of the outlets I have found for such things over the years.
Projects
All These Branches
A community that started out as as a progressive Christian church that has evolved over the 7 years I have pastored into an eco-spiritual, interfaith community. A lot of our focus is centered around our place within the Spokane River Watershed. Read more about it HERE.
Anam Cara Meditation Studio: Beginning the Week In Wonder
Weekly meditation classes focused on finding wonder in the everyday.
Are We Seeing This?
Book of essays and poems published in 2022 focused on the beauty in the ordinary. Limited number still in print, no present distribution. Reach out if interested!
Freeing the Firefly
A book I wrote at 22; more or less a series of journal entries exploring my journey of leaving organized Christianity behind.
Hardwired4Security (No longer affiliated, but supporter of the cause!)
Co-led groups, breathwork events, reiki, and mens retreats focused on integrating the whole self. "To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light." -C.G. Jung
Hark the Holobiont
A podcast and blog focused on spiritual ecology.
Poetry Moment
An NPR program out of Spokane where I have hosted a week of readings.
Within (not currently active)
Annual retreat focused on internal and external confluence of the Divine within all things.
Wonderfully Made (No longer affiliated, but supporter of the cause!)
A non-profit I co-founded focused on creating pathways for allyship between Spokane Christian and the LGBTQ+ community. Played the role of pastoral ally in conversations.
Publications
The Dew Drop
Knock, Knock, Knock; poem
Poetry Moment
The Door Knob; poem
Progressive Christianity
The Ghost, the Witch, and the Curse; essay
Sport Literate
Short Shifts, Long Game; poem; 30th anniversary issue
The Wildness We Tend
Forsaking Heaven; poem, 4th edition