Meera Davina Mahadevan's childhood years were enriched by growing up in a multilingual, multicultural society in Southeast Asia. This setting, coupled with being raised in an extended family that blended interfaith and intercultural marriages, profoundly shaped her. They cultivated in her an openness in embracing diversity and creating spaces for differences. After over a decade in marketing and management consultancy industries, she trained as an accredited Life and Executive Coach before shifting to frontier missions. She has been engaged with missions organizations with work spanning from Europe, East Africa, South Asia, South East Asia to South Pacific. Meera currently serves on the International Board of Alongsiders, is a trained Spiritual Director and a spiritual companion to mission workers.
Having lost her father, her career, and her dream of becoming a mother in quick succession, Meera Davina Mahadevan found herself in a crucible of suffering. Rejecting easy answers, here she shares a fresh reflection on her journey, exploring how faith can survive, and even thrive, in the deep valleys of suffering and loss.
