Abstract
This essay offers an in-depth view into the transformative care experienced by four educators who found community and soul care through regular, online meetings framed around the Quaker tradition of silent, unprogrammed worship. The four colleagues were initially brought together through participation in a doctoral program, and began meeting online when the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the program’s traditional face-to-face summer residency to a virtual format. They formed solid bonds and found deep meaning through the soul care provided by the weekly meetings. As a result, the group found that the transformative care provided for each other began to naturally overflow into each other’s spheres of educational influence—at both the university and K-12 levels. A personal account of each member’s experience is shared in this essay, as well as an overview of how caring for one another initiated an outpouring of transformative care for those with whom they work or teach.
Recommended Citation
Cantrall, N. E.,
Headley, S.,
Parry, C.,
&
Wilkins-Luton, J.
(2024).
In and Out of the Silence: Connecting Waiting Worship with Transformative Care.
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal, 19(2).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/1932-7846.1339