Meet Candace Chellew
Candace Chellew is an author and a professional writer, speaker, workshop leader, audio/podcast editor and host, songwriter, and spiritual director.
She writes regularly on her Substack, The Motley Mystic, which is free to join!
She is the founder and editor emeritus of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for LGBTQ+ People of Faith and founder and retired spiritual director of Jubilee! Circle – an independent, interfaith spiritual community in Columbia, S.C., that blends metaphysics with Hebrew and Christian scripture and other ancient and modern words of wisdom.
She is the author of Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, published in 2008 by Jossey-Bass. She is also the editor, along with Ed Madden, of Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio, and was co-host on the radio show.
Chellew’s mission is, as Catholic priest and theologian Richard Rohr writes: “To help people act effectively and compassionately from an inner centeredness and connection with God.”
Chellew is available for speaking engagements, writing projects, and spiritual direction.
Latest posts from the blog
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Index of A Year of Miracle Writing Reflections
AYoMW – Lesson 100: April 9, 2020 — Resisting happiness AYoMW – Lesson 99: April 8, 2020 — Fulfill your destiny AYoMW – Lesson 98: April 7, 2020 — Responsible navel gazing AYoMW – Lesson 97: April 6, 2020 — Smells like team spirit AYoMW – Lesson 96: April 5, 2020 — A world of…
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3 steps to tame a “red zone” ego
By: Candace Chellew To listen to this article, check out the Motley Mystic podcast. Famous dog trainer Cesar Millan is used to dealing with what he calls “red zone” dogs such as Emily, a pit bull who took her owner out for a daily drag while barking, growling and lunging at every person and animal…
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Pink Paradise: How Barbie Can Renew Our Hope for the Future
In the movie, “Barbie,” we enter a world that seems like a paradise – and a pink paradise at that. Every day is perfect. Everyone is happy. All the houses are open, there are no windows and doors, so obviously the weather is always perfect. It’s also apparent that even though every Barbie and Ken…
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Get off the cross. We need the wood.
“I gladly make the ‘sacrifice’ of fear.” – A Course in Miracles, Lesson 323 The one time I got to see A Course in Miracles teacher Marianne Williamson in person, she called on me to ask a question – and I blew it. With my voice quivering and my hands sweating (I mean this is…
A Year of Miracle Writing Archive
In 2020, I endeavored to write a commentary of the entire workbook of A Course in Miracles. This was my third year doing the workbook and reading through the entire text and supplemental materials of the Course.
The Course came to me in 2016 when a friend (who is now my spouse) bought the book for me. It served as a paperweight and dust collector for a few years before I picked it up and read the introduction.
This is a course in miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. […]
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
Well, I certainly wanted to peace of God, so I kept on reading.
The Course has taught me many things and has confounded and confused me along the way. Like any good Zen teacher, the Course does not give up its secrets easily, and is often frustrating to the student.
Since this is the case with many people I have encountered, I thought perhaps I could shed some light on the Course and the workbook lessons. I am using examples from my own life as well as bringing in wisdom from other voices such as Rumi, Hafiz, Meister Eckhart and others.
Spoiler alert: I did not complete my task of commenting on all 365 lessons, but I got darn close. Please enjoy the ones I did complete!