Honest Conversations: Faith Leaders on the Real Work of Intergenerational Collaboration

Mildred is a powerful spiritual practitioner who has is focused on the movement to decolonize African spirituality and empower Africans with practices rooted in their ancient traditions and that can be integrated into their modern lives.

Powerful narratives around spiritual innovation: sanctuary is not a fixed sacred space but a living, relational process; "Post-activism" is spiritual awakening in action (through unlearning and shapeshifting, rather than adding more dogma); vision of "vulnerable spirituality" where grief and wounds are seen and used as spiritual portals; promoting new forms of eco-spirituality and cosmic kinship, as well as a shift from universality to particularity, locality, and ancestral wisdoms.

Explore what spiritual innovation means to you by reflecting on different definitions and meeting other practitioners in the field! We offer our definition from Sacred Design Lab, and spotlight alternative ideas from guests Rabbi Sara Luria, Executive Director at Beloved, and Brandon Vaidyanathan, Professor of Sociology at The Catholic University of America.