Contributors

Pastor Louise N. Johnson serves as the assistant to the presiding bishop/executive for administration of the ELCA. Prior to her work with the ELCA, she served as a director for LEAD, a leadership development nonprofit. Pastor Johnson also served as the fourteenth president of Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, where she led the seminary…

Kirsten Nelson Roenfeldt is the pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, MN. Kirsten became a coach through the excellent training of Claire Bamberg at Potentials Coaching in Vermont through the Together We Thrive initiative.

Ben Crosby is a PhD student in Ecclesiastical History at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is also an Episcopal priest serving in the Anglican Church of Canada, and his doctoral research focuses on Richard Hooker and John Jewel.

Hudson Neely is a pastor and writer who lives and works in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hudson and his wife were both raised in Spartanburg. After a decade of living hundreds of miles away in a big city, they returned to their smaller hometown to be close to family and to invest in the community that…

Ralen Robinson is a Pastor at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, KS. When not pastoring, she pursues her Doctorate of Ministry in Homiletics and participates in leadership roles in the wider church. Ralen believes her faith and a good pair of shoes can take you a long way.

Erika Maaseide is a member of Abiding Presence Lutheran Church from Fairfax, VA. She will be graduating from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Arts in History in May of 2024. This summer, Erika has been working on a book about the Abiding Presence internship program that will be released for purchase online soon. She…

Devin Ames recently graduated with a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Olaf College where he majored in Classics and Religion. Devin was selected as a Seminary Fellow for the FASPE Fellowship in summer 2023. He currently lives in Rochester, MN, working in a Chaplain Residency at…

Katlyn DeVries lives in Holland, MI with her husband and two children. She is ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America and works as a writing tutor and in the Girod Chair at Western Theological Seminary.

Sarah Killam Crosby is a PhD student in Ecclesiastical History at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She studies the reception of John Calvin in Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck’s doctrine of the atonement.

Brenda Moore, CFRE has worked at the intersection of faith and philanthropy for 40 years. Her online course, Legacy Giving: The Basics, provides step-by step training and tools to grow a legacy giving program that works.

Sister Shana Williams (she/her) is a rostered deacon and a member of the Deaconess Community of the ELCA. She grew up on an eastern North Dakota sugar beet farm and continues to live in that community. She currently teaches high school special education at her alma mater and runs the district’s weekend food program for…

Talitha Amadea Aho is the author of In Deep Waters: Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis (Fortress Press, 2022). She is a chaplain at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and a minister member of the Presbytery of San Francisco. Recently, she served as a pastor at Montclair Presbyterian Church, the largest Presbyterian…

Dr. Timogi is Corporate Trainer who works with municipalities, universities, churches, and other organizations helping good leaders become great through customized training solutions. She is the author of 12 books, the pastor of Citadel of Empowerment, and a 2023 Seeds Project Fellow. For more information visit www.DrTimogi.com.

The Rev. Dr. Nathan Swenson-Reinhold is driven by a ravenous curiosity about people with a passion to help them midwife their dreams in their lives and work. He has served from the lead seat in three congregations over 17 years and knows what it means to shoulder the weight of organizational change, transformation, and mission….

Born in Taiwan, raised in Montreal, Ricki felt called to live incarnationally in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and pursue grassroots organizing and church planting. She has a passion for discerning with and equipping people to develop leaders who transform their neighborhoods for the common good. Ricki holds a M.Div through Fuller Seminary.