Amy has led Wild Goose workshops since 2016 on poetry, social activism, healing, sabbath keeping, and grief and lament. She pastors an affirming and inclusive faith community, The Lakeshore Collective, that meets in public places and borrowed space. In addition to pastoring churches, she previously led a non-profit vocational arts program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She writes weekly on substack, and has written for her UMC Conference blog, for the Upper Room’s The Disciplines, as well as many, many sermons and poems. Her first collection of poetry, 40 Days of Grief and Lament, was published in 2017. Her year-long experiment in writing a poem every day resulted in material for many poetry collections to come. Using art, poetry, prayer, and contemplative spiritual practices, she coaches others through innovative practices rooted in ancient traditions.  


Rev. Amy Vaughan