Wellness as Worship: Faith, Grief & the Sacred Work of Caring for Yourself

What if caring for yourself isn’t separate from your faith—but a sacred expression of it?In this episode of Tales from the Shaker, I sit down with Taylor Dunlap: wife, mother, creative, and co-pastor of Garden City Church East alongside her husband. At the time of our conversation, Taylor was more than 30 weeks pregnant with her fourth child, Asher, whom she joyfully welcomed just a few weeks ago.Taylor speaks candidly about navigating the grief of losing her father, nurturing a growing family, co-leading a church, and making space for her own creativity and well-being. At the heart of our conversation is her powerful belief that wellness can be worship—that tending to our minds, bodies, spirits, and emotional lives can be an act of gratitude and reverence.This is a tender and life-giving conversation about grief and new beginnings, ministry and motherhood, and learning to honor both what we carry and what we need.