Contributors

The Rev. Carla Christopher Wilson serves as Assistant to the Bishop in Charge of Justice Ministries for Lower Susquehanna Synod, ELCA. She is also a Diversity and Cultural Competency Educator and a former Poet Laureate of York, Pennsylvania who regularly engages in art-based activism and storytelling. More about Carla can be found at carlachristopher.com.

Born in Indiana and from a Lutheran background, Rev. Sarah Robinson loves living in the eclectic ecodistrict Audubon Park in urban Orlando, FL, where she bikes all over (with her dog Chica in the front basket) and has an edible and pollinator garden covering her entire front yard! Having served God all over the world,…

Dr. Robert Saler is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, where he also directs the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs.

Linda Strader serves as the pastor of a three-point parish in central Illinois and is a graduate of Luther Seminary. Her previous vocation was as a special educator and school counselor. She is also a wife, mom, and stepmom, and she is “Grams” to five beautiful children ranging in age from 2 months to 3…

Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell is the pastor of Queen Anne Baptist Church in Seattle, WA, where she lives with her husband and son. She is also a science fiction author under the name Melinda Mitchell. Her first short story, “Space Force Chaplain,” will be published in Tales from the Space Force with B Cubed Press this…

The Rev. Julie Hoplamazian is the Associate Rector at St. Michael’s Church in New York and the founder of Faith on Pointe (faithonpointe.com). When you can’t find her at church or at the barre, you can usually find her walking her aggressively loving hound mix, Amos

Darrell Gillespie is the Senior Pastor and Founder of Proverbs Christian Fellowship , a 17-year-old non-denominational congregation in North Minneapolis. He graduated with his MDiv from Luther Seminary in 2006 and is currently working on a DMin in Black Church Leadership through United Theological Seminary.

Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund is an author, advocate, and pastor partnering with others to share God’s hope and healing. She is senior pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Indianapolis and serves on the national staff of the UCC as Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice. Sarah is the award winning…

The Rev. Lauren Eanes serves as senior pastor of Muhlenberg Lutheran Church in Harrisonburg, VA. The pandemic has helped her discover a newfound love of jigsaw puzzles and backyard fire pits with her husband and their four amazing children.

Erica Schemper is a Presbyterian minister who has served churches in the Chicago area and California, with a focus on children, youth, and intergenerational ministry, and healthy congregational systems. Currently on a hiatus from full time church work, she keeps occupied with shepherding her family through this pandemic year, knitting, taking long walks with the…

Liuan Huska is a freelance writer and speaker focusing on topics of embodiment and spirituality. Her writing, on everything from chronic pain to evangelical fertility trends, has appeared in Christianity Today, The Christian Century, In Touch Magazine, Hyphen, Sojourners, and Church Health Reader. She lives with her husband and their three little boys in the…

Amy Wiegert is a mom, spouse, and pastor. She is the associate pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Homewood, Illinois where congregation work focuses on education and communication.

Kari Warnke is the Director of Children and Family Ministry at Normandale Lutheran Church in Edina, MN.

Sarah Locke is ordained into the ELCA, currently serves as an Episocpal priest, and is the campus pastor for an ecumenical campus ministry in Jacksonville, Florida. Her life is about as complicated as that sounds, but she finds hope in her students and the creation-care work of faithful leaders.

Rev. Dr. Fatimah S. Salleh was born in Brooklyn, NY to a Puerto-Rican and Malaysian mother and an African American father. Dr. Salleh received her PhD in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also earned a Master’s degree from Syracuse University in Public Communication and a second Master’s of…