Meg Barnhouse grew up in North Carolina and in Philadelphia, but when she moved north, she was made to swear an oath that she would always remain a rebel in her heart. She's kept to her own understanding of that vow. Her first story was about Madame Featherflight, a balloonist who picks up a stowaway and they have adventures around the world. Her gifts lay in writing, listening, songwriting and speaking. She has worked as a college chaplain, a pastoral counselor, and a Unitarian Universalist church minister.
Her latest book, Seeds of a Spirited Life, talks about her evolution from a praying kid to Presbyterian minister, from losing her Christianity to finding light and warmth in earth-based practice and Unitarian Universalist community. It talks about her work as a pastoral counselor with the most interesting clients in a most strange and fascinating southern town, her earning a second-degree Black Belt in Karate, being the mother of two wise, handsome and funny sons, the shift from being married to a man to falling in love with her female best friend, and her marriage to the UU minister and award winning singer songwriter, Rev. Kiya Heartwood.
Meg has authored several books, including: Rock of Ages at the Taj Mahal, Did I Say That Out Loud?, Waking Up the Karma Fairy, and Broken Buddha. She's a contributing author to The Best of Radio Free Bubba and several other collections of Creative Non-fiction essays.
Her CDs are "Mango Thoughts in a Meatloaf Town," which contains her widely loved song "All Will Be Well," and "House of Love"
SEEDS OF A SPIRITED LIFE is her latest book, a memoir, a decluttering of her brain, she says, wanting to put everything she learned from being a therapist and minister for years into a book to make room for new thoughts and new illumination.
Her books have been used in freshman English courses, in Unitarian Universalist church meetings; they've sat on bedside tables and even in bathrooms, where people report that the pieces are just the right length.
