Using the structure of Mindfulness Meditation, Therese Taylor-Stinson, founder of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network and author and editor of Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color will lead us in a contemplation on Jesus’ words to “love your neighbor as yourself.” What does Jesus imply in that direction? Using words from Howard Thurman, we will consider our self love and how it might inform our love for neighbor.  

Therese Taylor-Stinson is a seasoned spiritual director, an award-winning author-editor, and an ordained deacon and ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).  She won Indie Author Legacy Award in 2018 for her edited work Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around:  Stories of Contemplation and Justice as a Collaborative Bridge-Builder presented by Grace and Race, Inc. She is a retired Federal Senior Program Analyst, formerly an expert in Federal Regulatory Activity, and remains on the roster of the Federal Interagency Shared Neutrals Program as a lead mediator for Equal Employment Opportunity disputes. Therese is also the founder and organizer of the Racial Awareness Festival as well as the founder of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network, Ltd. She is a certified pastoral caregiver and an Emotional Emancipation Circle Facilitator.  

Listen to Therese on the following podcasts: New Worshipping Communities Episode 3, Episode 4. The Christian Century, Abbey of the Arts, Embodied Spirits, Encountering Silence
Look for her book Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter to publish in June 2022