Meet YOUR GUIDES
TAMARA J BUCHAN
Reclaim Founder and Director
Tamara is a tenacious pioneer passionately pursuing the unfamiliar in the emerging Kingdom Age. Tamara had all the credentials as a pastor, but after discovering how good life can be away from “ministry” she stepped away from the institutional church to pursue creating communities of spiritually hungry people all intent on pursuing the Kingdom Realm. She beams with joy as she says, “It’s been the most fun, fruitful and fulfilling work I’ve ever done in 32 years of equipping seeking people to discover their true identities as God’s beloved kids and royal heirs created to make significant impacts in the world! she responded to God’s call to move beyond the boundaries of the church to meet people where life happens! She’s developed a number of creative initiatives focused on reclaiming identities, lives, and destinies. Tamara’s current focus moves beyond the familiar to encounter Jesus the King.
Martha “Muffie” Namie
Reclaim Initiative has played a key role in Muffie’s life and has helped her find greater freedom and deeper intimacy with God as she’s continued her deconstruction from the “Church Season.” She has lived in every corner of the USA and had each of her three (now adult) children in 3 of those 4 corners. She met her life partner, Brad a lifetime ago and he continues to be her greatest support and encourager as they seek to partner with God, in their unique giftings. Muffie is “pastoral” by nature and is at her best when she comes alongside others, helping them work through life’s challenges until the challenges become blessings of growth and healing. One of her key motivators in life is her longing to see all creation experience the “goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm 27:13)! Muffie hopes that you will find a safe place of belonging with the Reclaim Initiative Community and that together we can be Jesus’ beautiful expression of the diverse and inclusive “church” he’s designed us to be.
Michael wipf
Michael is a partner of the Reclaim Team because he believes God wants us to live in the freedom and transformation of the generational blessings that he purposed for every family line. It's exciting to him and he wants to be a part of sharing and inviting others in and to experience what God has in store for them. He’s a LOTR (Lord of the Rings) nerd and Urban farmer. He loves people and he loves to have fun! He’s passionate about kingdom truth and our identity in God's image. His hopes and dreams for the Reclaim Community is that they will experience freedom in pursuing their call by partnering with the Lord.
di thompson
She is part of the Reclaim Team because she was transformed through this experience. Reclaim helped her answer the two big questions we all have, “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” She has emotional and spiritual tools that have helped her navigate through these transitional times with way more peace than she has ever had. She was recently married to an amazing man, Joel Thompson. Di experience God answering prayers in very unique ways that only He would have known. She know he saw every tear she cried and heard the cries of her heart. It is her desire to see each and every person get so excited about their heavenly design and God’s heart for them that they have an inexpressible joy flowing out of them!
Judy aasheim
She has lived in Washington State since 1988. Before this, she lived for many years in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, & Toronto. She praises the Lord for sustaining her through deep grief & traumatic experiences, bringing her back to life in abundance, as He promised! Because of Reclaim Initiative, she has rejoiced in who God created her to be in His Kingdom, replacing many curses & much robbery from the enemy, with knowing Him more intimately & realizing her unique calling to come alongside of others who have had no hope in their lives. He has placed in her His heart for the brokenness of His beloved ones as they learn His truths of their own uniqueness & divine callings. She loves to encourage others & discover together what the Holy Spirit is saying to them in order to nurture His hope for their future & to free them to claim & reclaim their true purposes in their individual lives. She loves doing this, carrying the joy of the Lord, as He leads the way. Yes, she sees the seriousness of life's circumstances, but she also loves the blessings of laughter as a good medicine for our souls. She believes it is such a blessing to partner in intimacy with our Father & with one another as we all continue transitioning into our best selves to glorify Jesus.
fred aasheim
He started his reclaim journey relating more to the weaknesses in himself than the gifts God’s created in him! Through Reclaim he has been repositioned as God’s disciple and has accepted God’s birthright blessing in himself! He embraces God’s rich inheritance of his generational legacy. He accepts his inheritance here on earth and also in heaven. His forefathers stand in excitement as he accepts and proclaims the generational goodness and gifts that God has bestowed on him. He accepts and pursues new ways of interacting in his life of community with fellowship and relationship. He feels he is lucky to have retired as an RN and embraces a rich retired life working as a Board member volunteer for Salvation Army and his work in supporting the homeless in the Seattle Area. He looks forward to participants sharing their journey with him while stepping into new areas of their life, reclaiming lost territory and climbing to the peaks of God’s blessing in each of them!
Shirley Christmon
She is passionate about being part of the Reclaim team because Reclaim has a priority for community, identity foundation, generational blessings and Kingdom partnership and how to live out these principals in who and whose we are in the person of King Jesus who rules the universe. She is the oldest of 12 and at one time sat on the singer Duke Ellington’s lap as he played the piano. Shirley later won a dance contest on the Lord Thaxton show and has lived in Alaska! She is passionate about: God, Prayer, family, reclaiming generational blessings, partnering with King Jesus, eradicating racism, unity in the community and the body of Christ.
Lori Corey Cox
Lori came to Reclaim through a God dream. She otherwise would have politely said, “No thank you. My plate is already full.” Now she realizes that this is one of the most important things she will ever do throughout her life because of the foundation of identity its given her, strategies for how to live Kingdom in this moment of history and a community to support, encourage and call forth her gifts and destiny! She travelled for 60 days in Europe for her 60th birthday and is passionate about teaching the Bible and math, crafting, gardening, and travel! She hopes that as a participant you will come to grasp a hold of God’s deep love for you and His longing to walk hand-in-hand with you through all moments of your life!
Patti Willardson
Being part of the Reclaim community has been life changing for Patti. Her faith went from being a part of her life to the most valuable treasure she could ever experience. Patti was surprised to discover that God led her to be immensely delighted as she worships the merciful heart of our Father God, rises up daily to partner with our Mighty Warrior King through the power of prayer, and intercedes with Holy Spirit so that she can see and hear what God is speaking to her in the big areas of life and also the day to day small areas! She is invested in discovering, living by, and sharing with others, the miracle of what it means to be the Beloved Child of our Heavenly Father with all the rights and responsibilities of being His Royal Heir. She helps others become aware that the Body of Christ are the Bride of Christ whose veils are lifted to see a faithful God...our God, who desires to partner with His people by bringing heavenly solutions to earthly challenges. She is passionate about her calling - to share God’s love and hope with the world.
Maeve richard
All she has ever known is “there is a God up in heaven.” Over the years, she was told and came to believe “God loves me.” She started her Reclaim Initiative experience feeling bereft and abandoned. Along the way, she shifted into rich experiences that have filled her mind, heart, and soul with the assurance that “I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine.” Life is splendid from this perspective. She loves having a lot going on, family, career, faith, and communities. She met her husband in business school, launched a career in finance from Wall Street, and worked for a number of big brand names, until it dawned on her that what she really enjoyed was changing things for the better. Then she worked for a variety of agile, nimble companies with growth trajectories. They agree that the best thing she and her husband have ever done, however, is bring three marvelous human beings into the world. She longs for others to find their true selves, feel replenished, restored and reclaimed! She longs for others to discover and embrace the amazing, unique and blessed person God created in each of them!