Sarah A. Bowen is multifaith spiritual educator and animal chaplain. She is a faculty member at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, a columnist on animal/human relationships for Spirituality & Health magazine, and the author of two award-winning books on modern spirituality, including Spiritual Rebel. Her latest book, Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain’s Advice For Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Healing The Planet, contains tools for surviving animal loss and mindfully extending compassion to the 8.7 million other species we share this interdependent planet with.
Sarah’s work has appeared in a wide range of media, including Parabola, Elephant Journal, mindbodygreen, and Light of Consciousness. She has presented on interspecies spirituality at the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, Parliament of World’s Religions, Compassion Arts Festival, and Pace E Bene’s Campaign Nonviolence Action Week. She is also a cofounder of Compassion Consortium, the first interfaith, interspiritual, and interspecies faith community. Sarah holds a BA in Human Ecology, MA in Religious Studies, and was ordained at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. When Sarah grows up, she wants to be a Jedi. Learn more at thisissarahbowen.com
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