Rev. Dr. Anna Mercedes, S.T.M., Ph.D.

Professor of Theology, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University

Adjunct Faculty, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

anna@supplecommunity.org

Welcome!

Thank you for finding your way here! Starting in spring 2024, this site will host group process materials for personal, group, and social transformation. Meanwhile, I welcome you to contact me about ways I can be available as a consulting facilitator or speaker.

Research and Creative Work

I am a theologian, pastor, and facilitator working at the intersections of Christian theology, gender and cultural theory, and trauma studies.  My work aims to raise awareness of ways in which Christian traditions have shaped many deeply embodied social oppressions and, in contrast, to discuss and facilitate ways in which spirituality can offer sustaining capacity for liberating social change, healing, and communal flourishing.  

I facilitate spaces for social healing. I have completed STAR training with Eastern Mennonite University (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience) and have learned from teachers in politicized somatics and somatic abolition.

I currently teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and work with other groups by request. My writing is available in books and in shorter forms.

Invitation to Collaborate

I invite opportunities to collaborate with you and your community. I especially invite short term contracts for group facilitation, intensive teaching, or research and writing projects.

Please be in touch at anna@supplecommunity.org.