Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton Is Guided by Her…

While playing in the backyard of her Ohio home, sunlight streaming through a crabapple tree, then 3-year-old Rachel Taber-Hamilton realized she was part of creation.

“I recognized that just as creation is generous and Creator is generous, we are of creation and need to reflect what creation does,” says Taber-Hamilton, now an Episcopal priest and rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, Washington.

Taber-Hamilton’s parents recognized she was a leader but neither expected—nor wanted—her to become a priest. Her father, the late Julian Taber, was a clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in addiction. His book,…