MEET DR. TAMICE SPENCER-HELMS
Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms is a theologian, cultural analyst, and mystic scholar whose work lives at the intersection of Black cultural production, spiritual formation, and social transformation. They are the Author of Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd and the founder of Mixtape Praxis LLC. Tamice brings rigorous scholarship and deep pastoral care into every room they enter — leaving audiences with new language for what they've always known to be true.
Drawing on original frameworks like the R.E.S.T. Mixtape, Soulful Leadership Theory, S.E.E.N.A Model, and Hush Harbor Praxis, Tamice equips leaders and communities with practical tools for reconstructing faith, identity, and belonging beyond the containers that once held them. They are the host and Creative Director of Black Modern Mystic Media, Lead Curator of the Clearing Online, Community Griot at Everytable Ministries in Richmond VA, and adjunct faculty at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.
DR. T’s WRITING & PUBLIC VOICE
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SUBSTACK
Here, I speak directly to spiritual fugitives—those on the run from small gods, restrictive theologies, and limiting narratives. This writing is intimate, clear, and rooted in my desire to make complex ideas not only understandable but enjoyable.
Substack is where I offer companionship, language, and resonance for anyone navigating a nonlinear spiritual journey.
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ACADEMIC
My academic work challenges dominant theological frameworks while tethering spirituality to Black cultural life, relational knowledge, and ethical responsibility. I write for journals, conferences, and scholars interested in new pathways for spiritual formation outside colonial, anti-Black structures.
My dissertation was a theological construction and tested two new models of paraontological ministry formation and praxis.
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PUBLICATION
In addition to my editorial and public scholarship, I write for published books within the fields of post- and progressive-Christian theology and memoir. My publications are typically geared toward helping people heal from harmful religious frameworks while reclaiming a sacred, embodied spirituality.
I am the author of Faith Unleavened, a spiritual memoir that explores my process of liberation from antiblack theology, and my second book, Light These Roots on Fire, explores my experience of white supremacy in the black church.