Marianne Williamson once considered Detroit home.
Williamson, who is calling for a "moral and spiritual awakening" in the United States, is known nationally as a best-selling self-help author and charismatic spiritual teacher.
From 1998 to 2006, she lived in Birmingham and then Grosse Pointe, where she raised her daughter and helped to lead a nondenominational congregation.
She was credited with invigorating Renaissance Unity Church in Warren during her time as spiritual director there from 1998 to 2002, during which she expanded community outreach and started a gospel-style choir.