Aaron J. Smith: Spiritual direction · Tarot · Writing
“I don’t come with answers.
I come with presence, with questions,
and with the strange conviction
that the holy still moves
in the places we’ve abandoned.”
I’m Aaron — a poet, a spiritual director, a post-Christian theologian — and I’m kind of a mess. I live in Oregon, where the green is honest and the weird is celebrated. I drink too much coffee and not enough water.
Spiritual direction and contemplative tarot for people who have left the church but haven’t left the longing. Based in Hillsboro, Oregon, and meeting by video anywhere.
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Spiritual Direction
If you’re in the middle of something — a faith that’s shifting, a grief that won’t name itself, a question that keeps returning — spiritual direction offers a particular kind of accompaniment. Presence, and careful attention to what’s already alive in you.
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Curious Tarot
The cards are a mirror, not a crystal ball. I use tarot as a contemplative tool — a way of paying attention to what’s moving in you. No experience needed; skeptics welcome.
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The Cluttered Mouth
Poetry. Prose. Prayer. Protest. Everything stuck in the throat. Essays on deconstruction, embodiment, and the strange work of staying curious about the sacred.
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