Louise is passionate about grounding regenerative change in heart-mind practices that connect us with our inner teacher, one another, and the natural world. She cherishes the ancient Wisdom that "All is One" and Centring Prayer is her regular practice.
Louise received her BA from UBC, ministry foundations from Vancouver School of Theology, and MDIV from Toronto School of Theology. She trained as a spiritual guide and mentor with Pacific Jubilee Associates.
As a young mother Louise co-founded the Maternal Health Society, and chaired the interdisciplinary Midwifery Task Force that launched the legalization of midwifery care in BC. She served on the first Advisory Committee for BC Women’s Hospital, and for two terms on the Ethics Committee of Women’s and Children’s Hospitals.
In her role as an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, Louise worked with five congregations in Ontario and BC, and co-founded a contemplative justice ministry in Vancouver known as the Pacific InterChristian Community. Just prior to retiring from congregational ministry, she co-authored Living the Christ-Life: Re-Discovering the Seasons of the Christian Year, published by Woodlake Books.
Louise was part of the founding executive of the InterSpiritual Centre of Vancouver Society, and has worked with the ISC in varying capacities since 2004. She coordinated the ISC's leadership team for the Salish Sea Bioregional Gathering in 2017, in association with the United Religions Initiative (URI). Following the bioregional gathering, Louise and the other members of the ISC Board re-generated the ISC as the nonprofit "Interspiritual Sustainability Council."
The new ISC focusses on building a better world by connecting peoples, places and grassroots networks in British Columbia to collaborate in the urgent work of environmental, spiritual, social and economic resilience. The ISC is one of five founding Cooperation Circles in the URI's global Planetary Wellbeing Multi-Cooperation Circle. The Planetary Wellbeing coalition affirms that contemplative practice contributes to sustainable peace-building by supporting transformative learning and the inner experience of "oneness".