Pastor Zeb
Pastor Zeb (they/them) is a Christian Heathen pastor ordained by Sacred Liberation. Zeb is a heathen because their formative spiritual experiences took place among the witches, the punks, the street kids, the queers. Zeb is informed by mythology, energy work, archetypes, and Jungian dream work.
Zeb is a Christian because they were raised in a Christian household and have always been hooked by the image of God’s chosen one who came from the most oppressed and marginalized people, who fed and welcomed the outcasts, and was killed for challenging the empire.
Zeb holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Social Change from Starr King School for the Ministry - a multireligious seminary in California. Zeb is pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry from Eden Theological Seminary with a focus on Arts, Spirituality, and Social Justice.
Zeb is ordained by Sacred Liberation. A multireligious sanctuary and activist hub founded along the U.S./Mexico Border. Sacred Liberation has since transferred its property to those most dedicated to supporting the transnational and migratory population of the borderland.
The Chapel
Our chapel can be found anywhere that we sit down to rest.
It doesn’t exist in one time or one place.
Anytime you sit and seek to connect to the Sacred that surrounds you, the Divinity within you, or the dreams and magic that inspire you, then you cross the threshold of ordinary space and time and enter our chapel.
We take the image of a hearth as our focal symbol. The hearth is where you are invited to sit by the fire, take a sip of tea, rest, and connect with your fellow wanderers.
We are all pilgrims here, wandering in our own journeys, but we are also all connected to the sacred. The open hearth is a place beyond places where we can be connected through the various strands of our different journeys and know that we are not alone.
We live in perilous times. When have people not? We live in a time when even the most privileged amongst us can not ignore the corruption and the rot of this world. We see our loved ones deported. We see people of color ruthlessly targeted by the police. Our trans siblings are denied even basic access to the restrooms. Countless languish under medical debt and threats of eviction. The crimes against people are too many to mention. In these times, we all need community and rest. We all need a place that affirms that we are beloved. We need the time to gather ourselves, seek inspiration, strategize, and know that someone will always have our backs.
This is what our chapel strives to be.
Brigid: Our Patron
Brigid is a Goddess to the Celts
Brigid is a Saint to the Christians
Brigid is the keeper of thresholds and the in-between
She blesses the coming, the going, and the not-quite-there
Her time is twilight, sunrise, and sunset
She blesses that golden hour when we can’t quite see and the world is full of possibility
Her domains are healing, poetry, smithing, the fires of creation
Pilgrims flock to Ireland to drink and nourish themselves from her holy wells
Legends abound of her love of nature, protection of the innocent, healing, and midwifery.
She is a symbol of how the sacred feminine can not be contained in one faith or in one tradition. The divine breaks all our boundaries. The Holy is bigger than we can contain. We do not seek to contain her spirit but to join her in the blessed possibility of the in-between.