Angela Williams Gorrell

The Rev. Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell is the author of Braving Difficult Decisions: What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do, Always On: Practicing Faith in a New Media Landscape, and The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found. She speaks and writes about joy, meaning, finding the life worth living, and the intersection of spiritual and mental health. 

Gorrell has taught at several schools including Yale University, Baylor University, and Fuller and McCormick Seminary. She utilizes her expertise to help create collaborative communities of prevention specifically working to lower suicide and addiction rates. 

Gorrell earned her M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2010 and her Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2016.