by Joy Steem and Matthew Steem…
Corey Hatfield was born and raised in Colorado. She and her college sweetheart, Arin, have been married for twenty-five years and are the proud parents of five grown children, one of whom is autistic. Through many turbulent, overwhelming years of parenting, Corey encountered beauty to be the great healer of trauma and now feels passionate about sharing her journey with fellow strugglers. Rather than viewing suffering as a curse, she believes it to be a gift, capable of opening humanity to deeper levels of healing and growth. She and her husband now live on eighty peaceful acres in the Wet Mountains of southwestern Colorado. She also has just recently released her book The Light from a Thousand Wounds: A Mother's Memoir of Finding Beauty in Life's Darkest Moments—a read we’d highly recommend! You can learn more about Corey at www.coreyhatfield.com
When Corey Hatfield describes parenting her son Grayson, she jokes that she could use a bumper sticker: “All I really needed to know in life, I learned from autism.” Behind the humor is a story marked by screaming nights, medical misdiagnoses, shattered assumptions—and an unexpected encounter with beauty. In this conversation, Corey, an Orthodox Christian, writer, and mother of five, reflects on raising an autistic son, walking through a traumatic brain injury with another child, and finding a theology of suffering that helped in providing real and lasting healing. Along the way, she invites churches to trade projects for relationships, solutions for presence, and easy answers for genuine compassion. Ultimately, her story offers not a set of tips for “fixing” autism, but a deeper way of seeing God, ourselves, and one another.…
Traci Neal is a neurodivergent poet, spoken word artist, and advocate living in Columbia, South Carolina…
Disability is often discussed in the language of fixing, healing, or accommodation. But what if the deeper Christian calling is not to correct difference, but to receive it?…
What spiritual direction offers a distracted church hungry for depth…
How do humility and empathy shape lasting community in polarized times?…
What might wonder, gratitude, and joy teach us about genuine mental health?…
What does it mean to lead like Jesus?
In a world that prizes charisma and control, Formed to Lead invites us to rediscover leadership rooted in humility, prayer, and spiritual depth. Author Jason Jensen draws on decades of experience in ministry and leadership formation to explore how the Holy Spirit shapes leaders from the inside out—through vulnerability, discernment, and faithful dependence on God.
Grounded in Luke 3–4, Formed to Lead offers a fresh vision of leadership that mirrors Jesus’ own journey: resisting the temptations of power, embracing the disciplines of solitude and surrender, and leading from a posture of love. Jensen helps readers discern how divine calling, character formation, and communal accountability weave together in truly Christ-shaped leadership. Sounds pretty timely right?!
This Radix Live event offers a space to reflect and dialogue about how spirituality and leadership intersect in today’s complex world. Together, we’ll consider questions like:
• How do we discern the Spirit’s movement in our leadership and communities?
• How can humility and courage coexist in faithful leadership?
• Why is the Sabbath actually really important?
Whether you serve in a church, nonprofit, or any sphere of influence, Formed to Lead offers wisdom for those seeking to grow in integrity, compassion, and trust in God’s guidance.…
Grant’s work invites us to ask searching questions: What does Bible study look like after inerrancy? Do you have to give up Scripture when you no longer believe in its literal interpretation? Can you still call it sacred while renegotiating your relationship with the church?
In Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible, she wrestles with these questions in a lyrical and deeply personal commentary on Genesis—offering readers a fresh vision for encountering God in Scripture, even as faith continues to shift and evolve.
Michael Barram, always warm and thoughtful, will bring his trademark curiosity, expertise in biblical studies, and engaging questions to the conversation. And, as always, there will be time for audience participation.…
A Conversation with Psychologist & Best-Selling Author Jeannie E. Celestial
Many from marginalized communities suffer from the mental health impacts of oppression and discrimination. Dr. Jeannie Celestial, co-author of Clinical Interventions for Internalized Oppression, shares her discoveries about possibilities for healing, particularly among women of color, through the lens of mental health practices and Christian faith. In this, Dr. Celestial explores the role of "food as medicine," which richly informs The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook, her culinary offering that has sold worldwide.
Dr. Celestial is a licensed clinical psychologist, currently serving in the San Francisco Unified School District through RAMS, a large social services agency in the Bay Area. She has over two decades of experience in healing and transformational practices. She employs EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing), Brainspotting, CBT, ACT, and other modalities in her work. Dr. Celestial earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University, with emphases in Clinical Neuropsychology and Meditation and Psychology.…