Welcome to The Weight and the Wonder—a space for what’s weighty, wondrous, and wild.

I’m a writer, a spiritual leader, and a seeker of what’s real and sacred. I’ve always carried deep things—questions, stories, truths that don’t fit in neat categories. Writing is one of the ways I stay connected to myself, to Spirit, and to the world I long to help shape with care and courage.

I’m a Puerto Rican woman, raised in Florida, called into ministry and justice work, rooted in a love that’s deeper than doctrine. I’m an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, though my soul speaks in broader languages now—liberation, compassion, equity, rhythm, and rest.

This space is not about arrival. It’s about return.
To breath.
To embodiment.
To the truth that we are all inherently sacred.

Here, I reflect on the tensions that make us whole—grief and joy, action and contemplation, mischief and mercy, body and Spirit. I write from the places where I’ve wrestled, healed, hoped, and learned to see God more clearly—in myself, in others, in the margins, in the wild.

You’re welcome here—just as you are.
Thanks for wandering into this space with me. May it speak to something holy in you, too.

— Essie