Dec62026
Online Gathering
1:30PM EST · Online
A digital sanctuary. Carved out for spiritual fugitives. Inspired by the Hush-Harbor.
We gather people who have stepped away from institutional religion without abandoning the sacred. Together, we explore contemplative practice, embodied wisdom, theological reconstruction, pilgrimage, and life-giving forms of community.
Gathering online each month. Come as you are.
Welcome
You are not lost. You may be finding another way.
The Clearing Online is a co-curated spiritual formation space for people navigating post-Christian transition, religious injury, spiritual exile, or a longing for community beyond institutional religion.
We are mystical and contemplative, interfaith and intergenerational, queer-affirming, and rooted in Black and womanist spiritual traditions. Nobody here is required to arrive with a settled theology — only with themselves.
Tethered to tradition, not trapped by it.
Formation without domination.
Community rooted in rest, truth, pleasure, and liberation.
The rhythm
What happens in the Clearing
Each gathering has a familiar rhythm, but every curator brings their own medicine, wisdom, and way of making space.
- 01
Check-In
Informal check-in and grounding.
- 02
Center-Down
Breath, music, ritual, or embodied practice.
- 03
Content
Teaching, storytelling, or shared wisdom.
- 04
Contemplation
Contemplation, journaling, or practice.
- 05
Conversation
Communal conversation and small-group engagement.
- 06
Cheers Out
We leave with a blessing for the week and a cheers to one another.
Watch
What is A Clearing?
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Upcoming Events
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The circle
Meet the Curators
The Clearing is tended by a circle of practitioners, storytellers, teachers, artists, and spiritual companions. Each curator brings a distinct body of wisdom and a local expression of the work.
Tommy
he/they · Charlotte, NC
Community Guide & Circle Facilitator
Tommy brings a passion to see individuals and organizations experience genuine healing and transformation in community. Tommy is a gifted facilitator, griot, and tender of the people.
CIRCLE FACILITATION SPIRTUAL GUIDE MUSICIAN
Tamice
they/them · Richmond, VA
Resident Theologian & Storyteller
Dr. T brings their years of field research and academic study to help us form the formational arc. Their work on Hush Harbor Praxis is the foundation of the Clearing Online.
PUBLIC THEOLOGY · THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION · GUIDED CONTEMPLATION
Nya
she/her · Atlanta, GA
Wonder Specialist & World Builder
Nya is a worldbuilder, an apothecary, a wordsmith playing at the edge of what we know and what we imagine. Her work draws upon the cosmos, afrofuturism, eco-spirituality and play.
APOTHOCARY SESSIONS · SOMATIC COACHING · CEREMONY
Sarah
she/her · Richmond, VA
Storyteller & Widom Keeper
A former pastor and church planter, Sarah spends her time serving her Tribe, the Mattaponi of Virginia, as the Housing Director and engaging in traditional storytelling that seeks to decolonize and contextualize the Way of Jesus.
STORYTELLING PASTORAL CARE CEREMONY
Samantha
she/her · Philadelphia, PA
Spiritual Companion & Retreat Guide
A queer spiritual director who brings weight and groundedness to their session and facilitation. Samantha brings the gift of listening for divine presence and spiritual accompaniment to every room she enters.
SPIRITUAL GUIDE · RETREAT LEADERSHIP · RITUAL
Rebekah
she/her · Chicago, IL
Soul Care Specialist & Anger Doula
Rebekah brings a deep commitment to justice oriented, queer affirming practices that center radical love and radical truth. She brings a unique perspective and gifting to the craft of tending and mending the soul through ritual practice.
CEREMONY, SOUL CARE, SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
PODCAST TO PILGRIMAGE
Take the journey into your body.
The Clearing Online's Pilgrimage process is our primary method of formation. We co-curate embodied learning experiences that draw on the content of Black Modern Mystic podcast and from our digital connections into local places, stories, practices, and relationships. It is an invitation to encounter healing, history, community, pleasure, and sacred possibility on the actual ground.
- Embodied spiritual practice.
- Local history and storytelling.
- Food and communal tables.
- Rest and reflection.
- Cultural and sacred sites.
- Guided integration.
Give
Help keep the Clearing open.
Your contribution supports accessible online gatherings, curator compensation, community care, production, scholarships, and embodied pilgrimages. Giving helps us create a sustainable sanctuary without reproducing the extractive systems many of us are leaving behind.
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Give what you can
You name the amount.
Every gift is chosen by the giver — one time or ongoing, whatever is yours to offer right now. You'll enter your amount on our secure giving page.
There is room for you here.
You do not need the right language, the right theology, or a polished spiritual story. Bring your questions, your wisdom, your weariness, your longing, and your whole self.