Episode 63: A Conversation With Author Christy Berghoef - The Nature of Belonging & Being Rooted

Join Carrie Newcomer and Parker J. Palmer for a beautiful conversation with author/contemplative photographer Christy Berghoef. Christy is a published author, speaker, mother of four, common good communications consultant, contemplative photographer, musician, wanderer, and wonderer. Christine is a graduate of Calvin College with a degree in Political Science and later a doctor of Ministry in The Sacred Art of Writing .She spent a year on Capital Hill working for a Congressman. Christy has two books; Cracking the Pot: A Memoir of Spiritual Expansion and her newest book Rooted: A Spiritual Memoir of Homecoming – which describes her return to the sacred ground of her family’s 40-acre farm. In Rooted Christy visits the themes of spiritual transformation, social justice, motherhood, the healing wisdom of the land, and the meaning of belonging. She also explores her journey from a conservative evangelical upbringing to a more inclusive, justice oriented progressive faith. She has a beautiful Substack offering called Willow and Wheat