M Jade Kaiser is co-founder and co-director of enfleshed. M wonders, wrestles, and works in the places where spirituality, activism, culture(s), and creativity entangle. Over the last two decades, they have had the pleasure of collaborating in spaces and movements of shared longing and action such as Texas Freedom Network, SURJ (Showing Up For Racial Justice), UmForward, Reconciling Ministries Network, ONE Northside, and with other collectives of organizers, faith communities, and creatives. They are passionate about the ways spirituality and theology both support and hinder the work of freedom for all of us, especially at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, disability, and our place in the whole of things on this planet.

Formerly, M was ordained in The United Methodist Church before voluntarily withdrawing their credentials to better align their spiritual, relational, and political loyalties for this collective era. They received a Bachelor’s in Organizational Communication from the University of West Florida, a Master of Divinity from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and a Certificate of Spiritual Direction from Cherryhill – a pagan and nature based seminary.

Currently, they are also working at Faith in Harm Reduction while in school for psychedelic facilitation to support spiritual growth and social transformation. In their spare time, they love hiking, camping, mushroom foraging, and working with stained glass. You can see some of their work on instagram here.

(You may also recognize some of M’s prior work under their former name M Barclay.)