Contributors

Pastor Chris Steubing

Chris Steubing

Chris Steubing is a pastor who has served as an ordained minister of the ELCA for congregations in Minnesota and Michigan. He now oversees congregational vitality and new ministry initiatives as Director for the Evangelical Mission of the Southwestern Texas Synod of the ELCA. Pastor Chris attended Texas Lutheran University and Luther Seminary and worked…

Catherine Wright

Catherine Wright

Catherine J. Wright (PhD Baylor) is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Bethel University. She teaches primarily in the area of New Testament, and has a special interest in Luke and in spiritual formation. She is the author of Spiritual Practices of Jesus: Learning Simplicity, Humility, and Prayer with Luke’s Earliest Readers (IVP,…

Cameron Howard

Cameron Howard

Dr. Cameron B. R. Howard is associate professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of The Old Testament for a Complex World: How the Bible’s Dynamic Testimony Points to New Life for the Church (Baker Academic 2021) and is a frequent contributor to WorkingPreacher.org. She is passionate…

Dr. Anna Marsh

Anna Marsh

Dr. Anna Marsh returned to Luther Seminary in the summer of 2022 for a two-year position as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Old Testament. She earned her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Interpretation with distinction from the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY) and holds an M.A. in Old Testament from Luther Seminary. Her current…

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Amy Buechler-Steubing

Dr. Amy Buechler-Steubing is an education professional with over 25 years of experience spanning organizational leadership, program development, curriculum and instructional design, and teaching. She is passionate about expanding access to quality education, increasing social and economic mobility for underserved populations, and developing leaders. Amy is currently an administrator at the University of Texas in…

The Rev. Marianne Ell

Marianne Ell

The Rev. Marianne Ell has spent all of her almost 35 years in ministry serving in small and rural congregations, as well as in Chaplaincy positions in both a hospital and a retirement community. Her passion is in developing leaders and equipping them for the ministries to which God is calling them. Rev. Ell enjoys…

Dawn Alitz

Dawn Alitz

The Rev. Dr. Alitz’s expertise is in the area of adult faith formation, coaching, and program coordination. Before joining the Luther staff in 2016, she had over twenty years of experience in congregational leadership in both mission-start and established congregations. She has her ACC credentialing with the International Coaching Federation, trained with the Global Team…