Miriam Boone

Miriam Blankenship Boone is a community developer, a chaplain, a poet, and an adoptive mom. She earned her Master’s degree in practical theology from The University of St. Andrews, where her research focused on prophetic imagination as a resource for cultivating resilience in communities experiencing ongoing trauma. Miriam has spent her professional life centering the marginalized and learning from her relationships with her neighbors. Her training along with her experiences in her neighborhood and as an adoptive parent and former police chaplain have made her passionate about the intersection of trauma, resilience, and hope. Miriam also has a certification in Biblical counseling from CCEF and is an alumni of Lead North and the Mine Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She currently serves as the Executive Director at One Hope Tulsa, where she has developed and directed a variety of programs and community projects over the past decade, including a fellowship for young adults who want to experience spiritual formation in the context of ministry among the poor. Miriam coaches middle school basketball for fun, plans her year around March Madness, and loves having a full table. She and her husband Nate are parenting four amazing kids and have spent fifteen years living on the same block and being a part of God’s family at their local church, Springs of Grace.