Founder/Core Curator - Tim Burnette (he/him)
Tim is a dreamer, philosopher, and theologian. He has spent years reflecting on the evolving Christian faith, and earned his doctorate from Claremont School of Theology, where he studied process metaphysics, philosophy and theology, and compassion. A self-proclaimed Whitehead nerd, he embraces theopoetics as a lens for seeing the world, with a practical emphasis on communal formation, beauty/aesthetics, and spirituality. He currently curates the Way Collective, which is a community of shared practices and values. He is a partner, father, writer, musician, and avid reader. His interests include vinyl, food, philosophy, poetry, guitar tones, baseball, and all things on the fringe. He is an advocate for love and reconciliation across boundaries of faith and non-faith. He agrees with Vonnegut that you can see all kinds of things from the edge that you can’t see from the center. Although...sometimes it helps to be centered out on the edge as well.
Co-Curator - Karen Rice (she/her)
Karen is an extrovert and a philosopher, which means that she is incapable of having a surface level conversation for more than three minutes. She grew up in inner-city St. Louis, part of a church focused on racial justice. She joyfully developed her identity as a queer person in parallel with a commitment to activism, community building, and a more inclusive faith during graduate school in DC. Her dissertation was on the ethics of estranged relationships. At Way Collective, she especially prioritizes the needs and contributions of kids, as well as connecting with local justice leaders. Karen is always down to yell at the TV during women’s sporting events, talk disaster preparedness, and scavenge “perfectly good” items from the side of the road.