Some of Sharon’s Sparks

If you’re curious how I think, teach, and sit with real-life complexity, these are a few places you can experience my voice directly.

Each one reflects a different facet of how I work—but they all point to the same thing:

Staying with what’s real.

Talks & Conversations

Inevitable: The Future of Work Podcast (April 2022)
Alone in the Crowd — How hidden realities can challenge and change us

Sunday Mornings with Twitchy Women (March 2021)
Alone in a Crowd: Spiritual Distress and Parkinson’s Disease

Atlantic Health System (March 2022)
Thinking Outside the Box: Palliative Care and Spiritual Distress

Written Dialogue (Spring 2015)
With Ruth Gais — A Theology of Loss

Christian Sermons on Listening, Authenticity and Disability

Some of the pieces below come from my time as a pastor in the United Methodist Church.

I’ve chosen to include them exactly as they were originally written.

Not because they represent the entirety of how I understand spirituality today—but because they are part of me.

I know that for some, religious language can feel complicated or even painful. I hold that with respect.

At the same time, I believe authenticity matters more than polishing away parts of ourselves to appear more acceptable.

My work today is spiritually fluid and inclusive.
But it is also rooted in a real history.

These sermons reflect core themes that continue to shape how I listen, how I sit with others, and how I understand healing:

Who Do You Say That You Are? Explores identity, dignity, and deep listening through work with individuals with diverse abilities.
Holy Holes A reflection on wholeness that does not deny brokenness—where healing includes, rather than erases, our wounds.
Healing in the Center of the Road A perspective on disability that challenges cultural assumptions and reimagines healing as belonging, not fixing.