Wayne-Daniel Berard, PhD, is an educator, poet, writer, shaman, and sage. He lives in Mansfield, MA with his wife, the Lovely Christine.
An adoptee and former Franciscan seminarian, his adoption search led him to find and embrace his Jewishness. Wayne-Daniel is an interfaith clergy person, called a Peace Chaplain, as well as a past-life regression leader and shaman. He is a member of B'nai Or, Boston, a Jewish Renewal Community.
Wayne-Daniel publishes broadly in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. His poetry chapbook, The Man Who Remembered Heaven, received the New Eden Award in 2003. His non-fiction When Christians Were Jews (That Is, Now), subtitled Recovering the Lost Jewishness of Christianity with the Gospel of Mark, was published in 2006 by Cowley Publications. A novel The Retreatants, was published in 2012 (Smashwords). A chapbook, Christine Day, Love Poems, was published in 2016 (Kittatuck Press). His novella, Everything We Want, was published in 2018 by Bloodstone Press. A poetry collection, The Realm of Blessing, was published in 2020 by Unsolicited Press. Noa(h) and the Bark, a mystery novel, was published in 2020 by Alien Buddha Press.
Wayne-Daniel is the editor and co-founder of a fantastic website that showcases a journal of Spiritual poetry.