Mission

I’m Bekah Rhea, an ordained minister, freelance writer, and community organizer. This blog has been born and reborn throughout my professional and personal journey, a repository for my contemplative reflections on real-world experiences and issues.

My goal in writing and community development is just that: combining meaningful reflection with sustainable, creative action. No matter who you are or what you believe, I hope you enjoy what you read here, but more importantly, I hope you contemplate and respond. Narrative, poetry, and creativity transcend so many cultures and boundaries, drawing out the beautiful–perhaps even the divine–in us all

Bio & Credentials

I was born in Knoxville, TN many weeks earlier than anticipated. Unknown complications somewhere along the way led to a Cerebral Palsy diagnosis at age 2. Thus, disability is an integral part of my work, though not the entirety of my work.

And so, my limited mobility paved the way for me to become a scholar, spending recesses writing poetry on a park bench, writing editorials for my high school newspaper, and writing one-act plays for the theatre department. At the same time, I was immersed in the culture of my Southern Baptist Church, asking questions, analyzing everything, and probably perplexing the more traditional ministers in my life.

I went away from home to discover even more, graduating with my Bachelor of Arts in World Religions from Gardner-Webb University in 2017. And because my creative streak never left me, I tacked on a Bachelor’s in Theatre, too. I was then offered a full scholarship to Mercer’s McAfee School of Theology, where I earned my Master’s of Divinity with emphasis on Community Development.

My education and work thus far has taken me across the globe, across picket lines, and out almost constantly out of my comfort zone. If you want more details on my work experience, awards and accolades, and/or research projects, you can request it through my contact page. I’ll also be filling up a corner of this website with my art and poetry, too. I look forward to hearing from you, and perhaps even collaborating to create some sustainable change in this wildly interconnected world.