Redefining Spiritual Spaces in the Age of Technology: Innovations and Pitfalls

Stacey K. Guenther, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Organization Development and Knowledge Management at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA, USA) and Leadership Coach and Consultant at Awakened Impact (Asheville, NC, USA), a coaching and consulting agency that focuses on well-being and positive organizational scholarship. Her research interests focus on how groups can come together and form deep connections through a phenomenon called coherence. She has a special interest in mindfulness and is a mindfulness and meditation teacher.

Xiaoan Li, Ph.D., is a Senior Program Officer at the Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, MI, USA), where he leads initiatives to foster sacred-centered worldview transformations in education and the environment. A dedicated advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, he serves on various national and international boards, advancing dialogue, deep relationships, healing, and transformation efforts.

Michelle A. Scheidt, DMin, is a Senior Program Officer at the Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo, MI, USA). She works to catalyze spiritually grounded transformation and build the nascent field of spiritual innovation. Her research interests include the spiritual infrastructure of the future, LGBTQI spirituality, and the spiritual lives of people who identify as spiritual-but-not-religious.