moi@magpie-girl.com

Hello. I’m Rachelle Mee-Chapman and I launched Magpie Girl in January 2007 as a landing place for my words and images. At the time I had a lovely studio in Seattle and had just begun my life as a professional writer-artist— a vocational add-on to my ‘already worlds’ of being an ordained non-traditional minister and the mother of two bright girls, and one promising teenager adopted-by-affection.

In January 2008 I closed my stateside studio and began a new adventure as an immigrant artist in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since that time I’ve seen Magpie Girl grow to become a landing place for two main groups:

1) Soulful Creatives: imaginative folks who are trying to nurture the connection between their art and their spirituality.

2) The Malcontent’s Club:  a delightful group of misfits of  the Jesus-y (or not) variety who need new ways of practicing their core values, minus the dogma. (Sometimes known as “recovering evangelicals” in Magpie-speak.)

As of this writing, over 55,000 unique visitors have come to this site. I am so grateful for everyone who is reading and living along with me! Coaching these folks and learning from them is like an IV drip for my soul. Together we are filling up the Giant Pool of Wisdom and building our Soultribes, because I’m a firm believer that there ain’t no place to go but together.

Please feel free to look around and join in the adventure. I post several times a week in these categories, so make yourself at home.

Soultribes  is a do-it-together guide to starting a soulcare community.

Soulcare tracks posts about prayers, meditations, shrines, altars, and seasonal celebrations.

Soulstories  contains all my thoughts about life as a alt.minister and self-styled priestess.

*8 Things is a play-along to help gather your creative ideas and quiet your monkey-mind.

Immigrant Diaries tells you tales about life as an American ex-pat in Denmark.

Magpie Mama holds advice and adventures for the parenting life.

There’s also a handy tag cloud to help you click around and find the little piece of camaraderie you need for today.

Although I can’t always respond to comments, I do read each and every one and I am so grateful. You’ve inspired me to think and live in new ways, and given me much strength. Thank you for being here, and remember: Your story is important. May you sing it from the rooftops.

Warmly,

Rachelle Mee-Chapman
Spring 2009
moi@mapgie-girl.com