Contributors

Beverly Wallace

Beverly Wallace

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.

Beth Pottratz

Beth Pottratz

Rev. Beth Pottratz currently serves as pastor of First Lutheran Church in Little Falls, Minnesota. Ordained in 2016, this is Pastor Beth’s second call in the Northeastern Minnesota Synod. Between her first and second calls, Pastor Beth worked as a Chaplain in hospice then in a hospital for over a year. When she is not…

Jess Gulseth

Jess Gulseth

Jess Gulseth is executive director of two Lutheran outdoor ministries in eastern North Dakota: Red Willow and Park River. Prior to that she served at St. Mark Lutheran in West Des Moines, Iowa. Jess is always down for a board game, a cup of coffee, and something crafty.

Becky Swanson

Becky Swanson

Becky Swanson is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who also holds a Masters in Sacred Music. She is also a spiritual wellness coach and can be reached at prbeckys@gmail.com.

Melanie Howard

Melanie Howard

Melanie A. Howard, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Program Director of Biblical and Theological Studies at Fresno Pacific University. She is a member of the Mennonite Church USA. Her research interests include feminist and disability approaches to biblical interpretation and the Gospel of Mark.

Dannica Olsen

Dannica Olsen

Dannica Olsen serves as the Director of Youth Ministry and Vocation at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, MN. She has served at Westwood for 13 years and is passionate about helping parents and kids understand their call as God’s hands and feet in the world, in all the roles they have in their…

Jessie Bazan

Jessie Bazan

Jessie Bazan lives in St. Joseph, Minnesota, and serves as the Program Associate for the Collegeville Institute Seminars. She is also a columnist for U.S. Catholic magazine and contributing author at The Liturgical Press.

Nancy Ross

Nancy Ross

Nancy Ross is an associate professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Department at Dixie State University, where she has been teaching for 15 years. She has co-edited Where We Must Stand: Ten Years of Feminist Mormon Housewives (2018) with Sara K.S. Hanks and Shades of Becoming: Poems of Transition (2019) with Kristen R. Shill….

Susan Hinton

Susan Hinton

Susan Hinton is a professional freelance writer and editor. She holds a BA in English and MA in Education. She spent much of her career as a manager of educational and training teams in the publishing, training, and healthcare industries. She recently turned her attention to her own business, Outside Eye Communications (http://susanehinton.com), where she…

Josh Linman

Josh Linman

Josh Linman (he / him) is a Jesus follower, husband, newbie dad, and dog lover. Passionate about cultivating communities that equip people to love and lead like Jesus, Josh is a pastor, designer, communicator, and writer. You can connect with him at www.joshlinman.com.

Linda Brown

Linda Brown

Linda K. Brown, Founder /CEO of Fully Unleashing Life, Incorporated, a nonprofit, 501©3 and Fully Unleashing LLC, a for profit organization, whose missions are to educate, encourage, equip, empower, and foster emotional wellness. She is a certified life coach, licensed mental health counselor, and ordained pastor. She is committed to fostering a new initiative, Mind…

Aimee Baxter

Aimee Baxter

Rev. Aimee Baxter is an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church. She is married to Shannon who is also a Deacon in the UMC and has three children ranging in age from 6-16. Aimee’s passions are family, the church, Auburn football and Duke basketball.