Contributors

Scott Thumma is a Professor of Sociology of Religion and director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University.

Bobbi Jo Cyr is the Director of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Renton, WA.

Lara Moll is Content and Community Specialist for Faith+Lead.

Ben McDonald Coltvet is Associate Director of Digital Content on the Faith+Lead team. He helps Faith+Leaders find the inspiration, encouragement, and resources they need to do the hard work of leading in their community through projects such as Working Preacher, Enter the Bible, and, of course, Faith+Lead.

Timothy Bowman is a Luther Seminary graduate, a co-pastor with his wife at Zion Lutheran Church in Stewartville, MN, and a member of the Seeds Project.

The Rev. Susan Beaumont, MDiv, MBA, is a consultant, coach, author and spiritual director. Susan has worked with hundreds of congregations and denominational bodies across the United States and in Canada. She is known for her ground-breaking work in the leadership dynamics of large congregations. Before establishing her own practice, Susan worked for nine years…

Rev. Adam P. White is the senior pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Waconia, MN. Previous roles include being the campus pastor for the Lutheran Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the associate pastor of First St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hastings, Nebraska. White has also taught as a visiting professor at Luther Seminary…

The Rev. Blair Pogue is the Canon for Innovation in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. In that capacity, she helps congregations all over the state go deeper in their practice of the Christian faith, and learn how to join up with spiritually curious neighbors Jesus loves who don’t go to church. Before joining Bishop Loya’s…

The Rev. Dr. Ridgeway Addison is the senior learning designer at Humana and an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University’s School of Nursing. He served as a protestant chaplain at Georgetown University from 2000-2012. He is a graduate of the Catholic University of America, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Religious Studies. As a digital…

The Rev. Dr. Anthony Bateza specializes in Martin Luther, moral theology, and Christian ethics. Luther’s political theology is his primary area of research, focusing on the reformer’s understanding of human agency and his relationship with the virtue tradition and Augustinian thought. He is also personally and professionally invested in race, identity, and social justice questions….

Tripp recently moved back to North Carolina and started as Visiting Professor of Theology at Luther Theological Seminary after three years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theology & Science at the University of Edinburgh. He recently released Divine Self-Investment: a Constructive Open and Relational Christology, the first book in the Studies in Open and…

Rev. Dr. Angela Williams Gorrell is the author of 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. Media sources such as the…

Ryan Panzer is the author of Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture (Fortress Press, December 2020). Having worked for technology companies like Google and Zendesk while attending seminary and serving in ministry contexts, Ryan researches and writes about ministry in a digital age. As a coach and consultant, Ryan equips communities of…