Michelle Boonzaaier, Author at IAM Ministries | Inclusive & Affirming Ministries (IAM) - Cape Town, South Africa

The power of rituals, symbols and practices to create meaning

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Apr 3, 2020 | Reflections

By Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Program Manager One of the books that has had a profound effect on my life is called Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor. Taylor reminds us that human beings did not always have electricity. There was a time when people’s...

Embodied dialogue as a powerful tool

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Sep 9, 2019 | Reflections

By Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Senior Process Coordinator Joining with academic and civil society partners to collaborate around common goals is something that we do often as IAM staff members. We are regularly invited to share our work, expertise and experience in...

IAM’s Wheel of Change in Focus: Open Doors

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Apr 29, 2019 | Impact, Reflections

by Rev Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Program Manager In this post I’ll focus on the centre point of the wheel, Inclusive and Affirming Faith Communities – Open Doors. It might appear an odd place to start, since the Open Doors segment on our wheel is numbered 5. For us as...

IAM Staff Profile: Michelle Boonzaaier

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Jan 14, 2019 | Reflections

In this monthly series, we hand over the blog platform to IAM’s staff to share their own journeys, stories and insights in their own words. Though our journeys are all unique and individual, many of us share common challenges and dilemmas as we simply attempt to lead...