Dr. Linda Seger is an internationally known author, keynote speaker and seminar leader on spirituality. She built her successful script consulting business on her personal convictions and the ideas she writes about in her spiritual books.
Linda has a Th.D. in Theology, two M.A.s in Religion and one in Drama. She has been interested in and studied the relationship between spirituality and creativity. Linda’s award-winning books are known the world over for her practical wisdom and spiritual insights.
Dr. Linda Seger has a broad religious background. She grew up Lutheran and did several years of spiritual seeking in her 20s. She became a Born-Again Christian and then joined the Quakers (Society of Friends) and is now a member of a United Church of Christ four miles from her home.
She has a Th.D. in Drama and Theology from Graduate Theological Union, and created her script consulting business based on her dissertation project about the elements needed to make a script work. She explored the integration of Drama and Spirituality during her five years in seminary. She holds a B.A. in English from Colorado College and three M.A. degrees: Drama from Northwestern University, Religion and the Arts from Pacific School of Religion, and Feminist Theology from Immaculate Heart College Center.
Dr. Seger built her script consulting business based on the spiritual principles in her books. She has long been interested in the relationship of spirituality and creativity and explores that in her writing. As a result of her broad religious background, she is able to nurture the spiritual values of others through her books and her public speaking.
Dr. Seger lives in the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs with her husband Peter and their cat Tallinn.
AN EARLIER INTERVIEW WITH LINDA ON THE EVIDENCE: THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY AND SPIRITUALITY
Video of Linda Receiving The Candlelight Award ( Part One)
Video of Linda Receiving The Candlelight Award ( Part Two)
Award Acceptance Speech at Colorado College:
HOW SPIRITUALITY INFLUENCES LINDA’S WORK
“Many readers are surprised and even confused when they see I’m the most prolific writer in the area of screenwriting, yet I also write theology/spiritual books. Some of this comes from having an M.A. In Drama, 2 M.A.s in theology and a ThD in Theology and Drama. They seem to be separate, but they are actually integrated.
Drama shines a light on the human condition. It explores the conflicts, struggles, doubts, uncertainties, and possibilities for transformation and redemption. Even secular drama deals with hope and goodness and the struggle for authenticity and love.
Prior to my retirement, when I consulted on scripts, I tried to help the writer reach deeper into the truth about who we are as humans and what are our possibilities. When I write books on spirituality, I am doing the same thing – digging deeply into our experiences and struggles, and then shining the light of Scripture and theology on making some sense out of what we see and feel. I am trying to get at The Truth and to dig deep into our experiences. So, I never look for easy answers, and I don’t try to pigeonhole either our stories or our spirituality.”