Meg Barnhouse
Meg Barnhouse grew up in North Carolina and Philadelphia, and she has lived in Spartanburg, SC since 1981. After graduating from Duke University and Princeton Theological Seminary, she worked as Chaplain to Converse College for six years, teaching Public Speaking, Human Sexuality, and World Religions, trying not to get them mixed up. Meg has been active in the community, helping to found the SAFE Homes Network for battered women. Credentialed as a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, she retains a small private pastoral counseling practice while serving as the full time minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg. She travels nationwide as a speaker, singer/songwriter and humorist. Meg is the mother of two wise, funny and handsome sons, ages 18 and 21. She has a second-degree black belt in karate, and is a commentator for NC Public Radio on a segment called “Radio Free Bubba.” She has also been heard on National Public Radio’s “Weekend All Things Considered.” Her books, “Rock of Ages at the Taj Mahal,” “The Best of Radio Free Bubba,” “Waking Up the Karma Fairy,” “Return of Radio Free Bubba” and “Did I Say That Out Loud?” are compilations of stories from the radio. Her CD, “July Blue,” is a mix of 12 original songs and 3 stories. The newest CD, “Mango Thoughts in a Meatloaf Town,” contains more original songs, including “All Will Be Well.”