Out of the Spiritual Closet: Organizers Transforming

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

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.