Howdy! I’m Jennifer.
I’m a journalist, essayist and author in Portland, Oregon. I specialize in topics related to spirituality/religion, living, sustainability and health. My articles have appeared in The Oregonian, The Christian Science Monitor, Salon.com, The Portland Tribune, The Writer, The Lund Report, Ancestry Magazine, Aish.com, Skirt!, InterfaithFamily.com, Vegetarian Times, Spirituality & Health, and other print and online publications at home and across the globe.
In fiction, I focus on urban fantasy and playful mayhem. My new ebook, “Valhalla” is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Goodreads.
I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Religion from Duke University in 1991 and immediately afterward attended a summer film school program at the University of Southern California. Adding to my background in multimedia, web development, technical and medical writing and journalism, I completed her studies in Interfaith Ministry with The New Seminary in New York City in 2001.
I have been selected as one of ten journalism fellows for the International Reporting Project fall 2011 program (based in Washington, D.C., at Johns Hopkins University’s The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies [SAIS]), and I’ve been accepted into the competitive 2011 Launch Pad astronomy workshop for writers (University of Wyoming at Laramie), funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
As a corporate and technical writer, I’ve worked in IT, public health, financial management, software and web development, non-profit and general business environments. I’ve produced pretty much everything — business plans, investor proposals, user guides, policy and procedures manuals, legal guidebooks, marketing letters, websites (content and coding), press releases, presentation materials and newsletters.
In short, if you need it, I can write it.
About the Green Soul Guide — where sustainability and spirituality meet.
This blog features regular postings about the deeper spiritual truths of green living, exploring the environmental wisdom of faith. The Green Soul Guide is decidedly interfaith in nature, welcoming and delving into the beliefs, practices and astute scholarship of the world’s diverse religious and spiritual traditions.
Raised in a secular Episcopalian home, I have an A.B. in Religion from Duke University and am a graduate and ordinand of The New Seminary’s interfaith ministry program. I have strong NeoPagan leanings and am a convert to Judaism (as a member of a Reconstructionist congregation), so I guess technically I’m a Jewitch? I continued to be a doctoral candidate with the University of Metaphysical Sciences. I recycle religiously — pun only partially intended — have built my own worm composting bin and am happy living in and contributing to one of the U.S.’s most sustainable cities.
Your comments, suggestions and musings are welcome!
