Contributors

Katy Miles-Wallace serves as the Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity Coordinator and Lay Leadership Academy Coordinator for the Southwestern Texas Synod, ELCA. Katy is also an artist specializing in iconographic depictions of saints beloved by the LGBTQIA+ community through QueerlyChristian.org

Tim is a pastor, executive coach, professional fundraiser, and a writer. He does non-profit fundraising and coaching to pay the bills, and writing and pastoring to fill his soul. He’s curating a new digital-first church plant through the ELCA called Anam Cara Community that is in early development, and blogs regularly at reluctantxtian.com. He lives…

Pastor Phil Ruge-Jones is an associate pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, Wis. He performs the Gospel of Mark by heart, live and on an ANKOSFilms recording. Watch Mark 9. His recent publication, I Tell You, This is the Way It Is guides readers through the gospel from a performer’s perspective.

Eric J. Moody, PhD is a Research Professor, and Director of Research and Evaluation at the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities at the University of Wyoming. He is trained as a Social Psychologist, specializing in health care service delivery for those with disabilities. He is also Treasurer for the Collaborative for Faith and Disability through the…

Xander Cavanagh is Community Engagement coordinator at Minneapolis Cider. He is a member of Humble Walk, a small church in the West 7th neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Jeff Wilson currently serves as pastor of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Riverdale, MD, in the Metropolitan Washington DC Synod. He received his Master of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 2002, and his Doctor of Ministry in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary in 2017.

Lyle Griner is the National Director of Peer Ministry Leadership, best known for teaching relational faith and life skills that allow people to love every neighbor.

Kristin Thomas Sancken is a social worker, writer and Doctorate of Ministry candidate based out of Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Huffington Post, and Living Lutheran Magazine.

Pastor Joy Gonerman was ordained (ELCA) in 2008 and has served several congregation in Minnesota and Iowa. Her work as a Certified Prevention Specialist has been recognized by the Western Iowa Synod as her Synodically Autorized call. Joy has a passion for advocacy and justice that has led her down several career paths but this…

Meta Herrick Carlson is a pastor in the Twin Cities and author of the book Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life as well as Speak It Plain: Words for Worship and Life Together.

Rev. Lorrin Radzik is an ordained United Methodist Elder, presently serving a local church in the East Ohio Annual Conference. She is married to the Rev. David Radzik, an Episcopal Priest serving in Berea, Ohio, and they have two amazing toddlers, for whom healthy boundaries are essential. In their spare time you can find the…

Momoko Tanno is an active singer/actor in the Twin Cities, ELCA Glocal Mission Musician Educator and the Music Director/Cantor at First Christian Church of St. Paul. She is also part of the Voice faculty at McPhail Center for Music and a founding member of the Inclusion Ministry at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, MN.

Lisa Janke is the pastor of Olive Branch. She is most energized at the places where the arts and theology meet. Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is the Cantor of Olive Branch. He is all about imagination and the adventure of discovery, especially as it relates to a life of faith. Learn more at olivebranchcommunity.org

The Rev. Dr. Beverly Wallace is an Associate Professor of Congregational and Community Care at Luther Seminary. Dr. Wallace is a trained chaplain and marriage and family therapist, with research focusing on grief and loss. Hear an interview with her in the Three Minute Ministry Mentor Episode 69: Caring for Grief.

Rev. Anita Peebles serves as one of the pastors of Seattle First Baptist Church (ABC-USA). She lives in Seattle with her partner and their cat. Find her at revanitapeebles.com and the book she co-authored at newdirectionsforholyquestions.com