Rev. Jacob Watson

Rev. Jacob Watson

Rev. Jacob Watson

Rev. Jacob Watson, D. Min. graduated from the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministries and the University of Creation Spirituality. He was the founding Abbot of the interfaith Chaplaincy Institute of Maine. He served several Hospices as Chaplain and Chaplain supervisor.

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About Jacob

Rev.Jacob Watson

Rev. Jacob Watson, D. Min. graduated from the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministries and the University of Creation Spirituality. He was the founding Abbot of the interfaith Chaplaincy Institute of Maine. He served several Hospices as Chaplain and Chaplain supervisor.

A meditator for 40 years, Jacob is the author of Essence: The Emotional Path to Spirit, and Enso Morning: Daily Meditation Gifts. His life is focused on teaching and writing, prayer and meditation.

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  • Gifts of Grief

    by Jacob Watson

    Just days after Jacob and Kristine Watson celebrated their thirty-third wedding anniversary, Kristine unexpectedly passed away while on a family reunion. Jacob was devastated, engulfed in grief. A writer, he did the only thing he knew: he wrote. In Gifts of Grief, Watson shares his story as he describes the unexpected gifts he received, not only from friends and neighbors, but from the universe.

    "The radiant discovery that is the treasure hidden at the heart of heartbreak and loss illumines Jacob Watson’s humble, tender and finely written exploration of the gifts that came after the death of his wife of many years. Read this beautiful and noble book slowly and integrate its message to bring you hope and peace in a darkening world."

    - Andrew Harvey, author of Radical Regeneration with Carolyn Baker

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  • Essence: The Emotional Path to Spirit

    by Jacob Watson

    Packed with wise, fierce and gentle emotional and spiritual teachings that describe how our natural emotions clear a path to the spiritual life. Using a holistic model of health - body, heart, mind and soul - and illustrated by stories of tragedy, death, and illumination that guided the author through his personal healing.

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  • We're Gainin': Collins Brook, A Maine Free School- A Memoir

    by Jacob Watson

    At age 27, Jacob (then Dick) Watson and his wife Sharon founded Collins Brook School and, with volunteer help, built classrooms and dormitories. Democratic school meetings tackled challenges of optional classes, ‘magic meadow’, organic gardening, stealing, bullying, food, and animals.

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  • Enso Morning: Daily Meditation Gifts

    by Jacob Watson

    Presents over 160 Morning Blessing Letters to awaken, stimulate and deepen meditation and spiritual practice. Jacob uses poetic images and personal experiences of New England nature, the birds, animals, woods, and beaches of coastal Maine, to awaken readers to begin their day nurtured and encouraged to be themselves, joined with like-minded souls.

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