Paula Sohl

Paula Anema Sohl, B.S., O.T.R., is a homemaker, songwriter, singer, poet, liturgical dancer, peace activist, mother of three teenagers, and an elder in her local Presbyterian (PCUSA) church where she is active in music ministry. She has trained and worked as a psychiatric occupational therapist and lactation consultant, and most recently finds her calling in her home, in her dance, music, and writing, and as a volunteer in her church, community, and her children’s schools. Paula has recently completed training in mediation as an addition to her skill set. She brings her experience in mental health and in supporting new mothers in breastfeeding to her perspective and to her artistic expression. She is an English Language Learner’s volunteer tutor and a peace and dance enthusiast. She is active with WILPF and the Peace Now Interfaith Alliance, and stands with the Women in Black.

Paula’s other interests include yoga, biking, reading, knitting, and other fiber arts. She and her gifted and supportive husband receive intensive and ongoing parenting instruction from the finest residential staff — their three teenagers. Paula and her family make their home in Oregon.

"We declare it good that Eve was curious. Acting as an independent, intuitive thinker, her display of courage brought knowledge and awareness both to herself and to all humanity. With this action came individuation and maturation. Expanding consciousness, much like labor, is a painful experience, yet painful experiences can often give birth to a blessing. Eve’s eating of the fruit was a blessing. We acknowledge and reclaim her as a mentor and suggest that aspects of her essence are heard consistently in women’s diverse voices. Eve’s spirit needs re-imagining in today’s culture Read more...
Resurrecting Eve: Women of Faith Challenge the Fundamentalist Agenda is a gripping and incisive examination of Christian Fundamentalism and its repressive doctrines toward women. But it is much more than insightful analysis. Sohl and Pughe write beautifully and perceptively about the lives of women who have been negatively affected by this movement and what we can do to make the Christian Bible an instrument of joy, healing and empowerment rather than harm.
~ Carlene Cross, author, Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister’s Wife Examines Faith