Connecting, caring, and advocating with the marginalized through love-centered relationships.
I'm Tom Morgan, founder of Green Mountain Justice, a Vermont-based community justice ministry. I'm a partially disabled combat veteran, partner of an immigrant, parent of a Black daughter and a neurodivergent son. My spiritual practice is proximity itself—being present in the intersections where neighbors are struck by poverty, homelessness, racism, and trauma.
What shapes me: Living in intersections of marginalization has taught me that the Edge of Chaos—Neil Theise's framework for unpredictable spaces between order and disorder—is sacred ground where opportunity is most prevalent. Here, transformation happens. Our beloveds experience phase states (losing housing, entering recovery, leaving abuse) that are simultaneously crisis and opening. My work integrates complexity theory with justice ministry, recognizing that proximity changes us and accompaniment through chaos is holy work.
My practice: Relational care, not transactional charity. Accompanying neighbors through transformation rather than trying to "fix" them. Building third spaces where beloved community emerges. Teaching volunteers to recognize phase states as opportunities, maintain boundaries, and trust emergence.
Questions I'm exploring: How do we call like-hearted spirits into marginalized spaces? How do we help them expend their privilege for the disenfranchised and become co-liberationists and transformation-drivers? How can spiritual companionship sustain proximity work? How do contemplative practices integrate with chaos theory for sustainable ministry?
What I bring: Full-spectrum justice ministry experience, trauma-informed relational care, lived experience in marginalization's intersections.
Eager to learn: Collaborative spiritual companion models, deeper complexity theory integration with contemplative justice practice.
