Julie Wesley is a student at Luther Seminary and a candidate for ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Arkansas-Oklahoma synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She is currently serving at Community of Joy Lutheran Church in Hot Springs Village, Ar.
G. Jeffrey MacDonald is a religion reporter, UCC pastor, consultant and author of Part-Time is Plenty: Thriving without Full-Time Clergy (Westminster John Knox, 2020). His workshops and courses help mainline congregations learn to do better with less. His website is gjeffreymacdonald.com.
Rev. Mark Vorenkamp is the pastor of Revolution Church, a made-for-online Open and Affirming church. He is also a doctoral student in Fresh Expressions and Church Renewal at United Theological Seminary. He is an openly queer pastor working in the area of trauma-informed LGBTQIA2S+ ministry.
Rev. Christina Ennen serves as Minister of Word and Sacrament at First Presbyterian Church of Gulf Shores, Alabama. She is passionate about the important role the church plays in the flourishing of the local community, and is grateful for the ways in which she gets to live that out on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Christopher Richmann is assistant director at Baylor University’s Academy for Teaching and Learning and affiliate faculty in religion. His most recent book is Called: Recovering Lutheran Principles for Vocation and Ministry (Fortress Press). He is also an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
John Dyer has been an educator and an ordained Lutheran minister for 42 years. He serves a one-third time call at Our Savior’s and two-thirds time in secular work. His passion is to help others experience affirmation from God’s grace.
From Keith Zeh’s baptism at the age of 12 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Holy Spirit has been stirring in his life. He has been in many different roles over the course of his ministry career. Zeh started as an Associate Pastor at Calvary Lutheran Church in Bemidji, Minnesota, and later…
Scott Cormode is Hugh De Pree Professor of Leadership Development at Fuller, and previously also served as academic dean and as director of innovation. He founded the Academy of Religious Leadership, an organization for professors who teach leadership in seminaries, and its Journal of Religious Leadership. Author of the book Making Spiritual Sense: Theological Interpretation…
The Rev. Ole Schenk is Pastor at United Lutheran Church in Oak Park, Illinois.
Rev. Doris Tollefson lives in northeastern Montana and serves two small congregations, Hinsdale Lutheran Church and Saco Lutheran Church. She has been married to her soul mate for 49 years and has two adult daughters and seven wonderful grandchildren. Doris enjoys watching birds, reading, and has recently taken up quilting.
Katie Holeman currently serves at St Michael’s Episcopal Church in Carmichael, Ca as Assisting Priest. Katie’s ministry focus is primarily on Youth and Family Ministries while also preaching and teaching. She holds a Masters of Divinity from United Lutheran Seminary.
The Rev. Elizabeth Felicetti is the rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Christian Century, and numerous other publications. Eerdmans will publish her book Unexpected Abundance: The Fruitful Lives of Women Without Children, in August.
Amy Marga is Professor of Systematic Theology, and has been at Luther Seminary since 2006. A summa cum laude graduate of Concordia University, St Paul, MN (1995), she received a Master of Divinity (1998) and Doctor of Philosophy (2006) from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of the book, In Her Image. Recovering Motherhood…
Rev. Dr. Sean Chow is the Executive Director of the San Diego Presbytery. He is leading the presbytery through a strategic vision to plant churches, revitalize churches, and be more missionally focused. Sean was the Associate for 1001 New Worshiping Communities for Training and Leadership Cohorts for the Presbyterian Church. He resources and consults with…
Erin Strybis is a freelance writer and mom of two. She spent over seven years as an editor of Living Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, where she edited and wrote dozens of faith stories. Erin’s writing about parenting has appeared in The Washington Post, Coffee + Crumbs, Mother.ly, Gather, The…
