teach me to seek you (erin jean warde)
My prayer today is - May my faith seek understanding and my understanding seek faith.
teach me to seek you
Last week, I received multiple messages from people simply saying — thank you, I really needed this prayer.
This week, I offer another prayer I have been meditating with. I don’t have many other words to share about it this week, but I do hope it offers you a balm in some way. Or an invitation into a holy question.
My prayer today is —
May my faith seek understanding and my understanding seek faith.
With love & care,
EJW
upcoming events
Discerning Sobriety Retreat — October 27 & 28 (Bellwether Farm in Wakeman, OH)
Join us for a 24-hour retreat exploring tools to help you dig into your relationship with addictive choices, coping, joy, and more. Erin Jean Warde, ordained Episcopal priest and author of Sober Spirituality, will share the personal journey which led her to quit alcohol. She will provide additional tools to help each participant explore a more mindful relationship with our substance misuse and dependencies and the richer sobrieties we might seek or experience.
Sober Spirituality: Discerning Our Relationship with Alcohol Online Course — November 8-January 31 (Stevenson School for Ministry)
Join the Rev. Erin Jean Warde in a 10-week discernment of how we are in relationship with alcohol. In this course, the discernment will be both interior and exterior, as you learn more about alcohol in the global and cultural context, and are given tools to look inward spiritually. You'll explore how alcohol affects us in mind, body, and soul, such that you will be encouraged to get prayerfully curious about how drinking shows up in your life, while trusting how the Spirit leads you into answering the question: How do I want to be in relationship with alcohol? This course will engage spiritual reflection and practical theology, as it covers how alcohol affects a variety of aspects of life and faith, such as: cultural norms, its use in religious spaces, hospitality, embodiment, trauma, social justice, releasing judgment around substances, and caring for those who struggle in their relationship with alcohol.
This course will be offered via Zoom on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 pm EST, beginning November 8, 2023 and ending January 31, 2024 (with breaks for holidays). The course can be taken for credit as a part of the Stevenson School for Ministry for $300. It can also be taken as a continuing education class that allows you to sit in on classes, participate in conversations, and no assignment submission is needed for $150.
Annual Recovery Retreat for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas — December 1-3 (Camp Allen in Navasota, TX)
Join us in the beautiful East Texas piney woods with activities for renewal, space for rest and fellowship, and insightful teachings! I’ll be offering sessions based on my book, Sober Spirituality, and we’ll enjoy meetings and prayer together. Open to members of all 12 Step Fellowships and their Family and Friends of Recovery.
podcasts & articles
Sober Spirituality with Erin Jean Warde (Soberful Podcast)
Enjoy my conversation with Veronica Valli, in which we explore the role of alcohol in religion and how it has been misrepresented, what spirituality means, faith-based recovery, and more. Take some time to explore the full podcast, an incredible resource from Veronica & Chip.
A Few Minutes With… The Rev. Erin Jean Warde (Matt Rhodes)
I was delighted to be a guest on Matt Rhodes’ podcast to talk about Sober Spirituality and more. There was a bit of an audio/volume issue, so please note you can watch the episode with captions on YouTube. Enjoy!