Serene Jones quotes

Serene Jones is a prominent theologian and public intellectual, known for her insightful and progressive views on religion and spirituality. She currently serves as the President of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she leads with a commitment to social justice and inclusivity. With a background in feminist theology and ethics, Serene is a respected voice in conversations about faith, politics, and ethics. Her writings and lectures have garnered widespread acclaim for their thought-provoking perspectives on contemporary issues. Follow Serene Jones for inspiration and empowerment in your own spiritual journey.

The truth of the matter is, with individual and collective trauma, is that the harm haunts you — haunts your dreams as an individual, haunts your collective unconscious as a society — until you tell the story.

- Serene Jones

The constant façade of order hides the wilderness that is craving to seep out and teach us that life wasn’t created to be what we think it is. Beyond words we must experience the wilderness to be taught what cannot be otherwise known.

- Serene Jones

Our injuries can be like warm blankets that we wrap around ourselves—and they stop us, if we wrap them tightly enough around ourselves, from feeling vulnerable to the world.

- Serene Jones

One of the characteristics of trauma is the deep human desire to repress it and to not deal with the story of the harms that have happened.

- Serene Jones

In writing, we discover so much about what we think and who we are.

- Serene Jones