With Cheryl Flaim
Join us at Rockwood Community Center or on Zoom

We are shaped by our surroundings: physical, cultural, and spiritual. Finding a place to belong as those spaces shift can be challenging. As someone who has gone through religious deconstruction amidst social, political and personal upheavals, I will share my own journey and how it has led to a greater sense of self and peace. Who are we when we are no longer limited by traditional definitions and expectations?

Cheryl Flaim is a former pastor and educator who returned to her roots in the Northwest in 2022 after 22 years in the Midwest. A graduate of the University of Washington and George Fox University, she now works at Gonzaga University and is rebuilding her life, career, identity, and purpose. She raised two now-adult sons as a single parent and is now happily at the beck and call of a five month-old canine bundle of fluff. When she’s not working, she can most often be found on long walks in the woods, training her puppy, or lost in a book or genealogical show.