Tired of feeling scattered across digital platforms?

Longing to integrate your spiritual life with your online presence?

Searching for ways to build authentic community in digital spaces without burning out?

As a self-described “Midwife of Divinity,” rose j. percy (’22, ’24) collaborates with communities to reimagine vocation—centering embodied rest, communal care, and creative spiritual practice. She brings together digital media literacy, spiritual formation, and a deep ethic of care to help people and institutions engage online life with more intention.

Digital Ministry as Contemplative Practice offers a different way forward—one that moves from being “wired” (constantly plugged in and on edge) to being “woven” (genuinely interconnected and spiritually grounded).

Drawing from womanist theology, the poetics of Lucille Clifton, and contemplative spiritual practices, this course invites ministry leaders, spiritual creatives, and digital practitioners into a journey of integration. Rather than adding more to your digital to-do list, we’ll explore how to approach online engagement as a form of spiritual formation—a way of tending sacred attention in an economy designed to fragment it.

Rather than typical “social media strategy” approaches, we ground digital engagement in spiritual practices that have sustained communities for centuries. You’ll learn to approach your phone as a tool for contemplative resistance, your posts as acts of archival devotion, and your online community as a form of mutual spiritual care. Through the concept of the “plain speech prophet”—inspired by Lucille Clifton’s accessible yet profound poetry and the Quaker tradition of truth-telling—we’ll explore how to communicate transformative knowledge in ways that honor both theological/spiritual depth and public accessibility.

Week 1 (Sept 17): The Enemy’s Camp – Finding Voice in Digital Wilderness
Origin stories, digital calling, and the plain speech prophet

Week 2 (Sept 24): Archival Devotion – Tending Sacred Memory Online
Introduction to archival devotion as spiritual practice

Week 3 (Oct 1): Knowing Your Edges – Human Limits in Infinite Scroll
Recognizing humanity in digital spaces

Project Week (Oct 8 – no live class): Digital Rule of Life Creation
Create your personal Digital Rule of Life

Week 4 (Oct 15): Wired vs. Woven – Tools for Sacred Community Building
Moving from anxious connectivity to authentic interdependence

Week 5 (Oct 22): Tools Not Toys & Beyond Branding
Sacred approach to technology and authentic voice

Week 6 (Oct 29): Integration & Sustainable Practice
Creating lasting spiritual resources through digital ministry

Care of the Soul Twenty

Living From the Soul