Contributors

Educator, scientist and community connector are three ways to describe Heidi M.S. Ferris. Heidi started Growing Green Hearts LLC in 2012 to creatively address climate change, sustainability, water quality, interconnectedness and nature play. In addition to authoring EnviroSTEM books and curriculum; she builds partnerships, trains teachers and lifts up youth leadership. Heidi holds an MA…

Pastor Keith Anderson serves as pastor at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church near Philadelphia. He is the author of The Digital Cathedral: Networked Ministry in a Wireless World (Morehouse, 2015) and is co-author with Elizabeth Drescher of Click2Save Reboot: The Digital Ministry Bible (Church Publishing, 2018). A popular blogger on religion, new media, and popular culture,…

Megan Clapp is an associate pastor in Wadena, MN. She is also a Certified Professional Recovery Coach who believes you are already whole, resourceful, creative, and capable of doing the work you want to do in exploring your relationship with alcohol, rock bottom not necessary. You can find her coaching resources at thewellcoaching.squarespace.com and on…

Vicar Charlotte Linberry (they/them) serves as intern pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Jen Christenson is an ELCA pastor serving in the East-Central Synod of Wisconsin. She has served at Christus Lutheran Church in Greenville, WI for nearly nine years. Jen has a BA in International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MDiv from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Jen enjoys reading, knitting, music, and…

Melissa Spas is vice president of religion at Chautauqua Institution. Prior to that she served as the managing director of education and engagement for the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, part of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. She also worked previously at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental…

Jonathan is a Luther Seminary Alumni that graduated with an M.A in Children, Youth and Family Ministry in 2016 and currently directs the Children and Youth Ministries at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Athens GA. His joy in faith formation is seeing young people know and embrace who they are in Christ. He is a…

Rev. Collette Broady Grund lives with her children in Mankato, Minnesota, where they are still waiting for resurrection in many ways. She serves a new ministry of the ELCA called Shelter Church, a worshipping community with and for people experiencing homelessness and poverty. She also co-directs Connections Shelter, the ecumenical seasonal homeless shelter out of…

Stephanie Mason is the On-Site Director for Hope West Des Moines Preschool at Lutheran Church of Hope. She previously served as the Special Events Coordinator on the Youth and Family Team at Lutheran Church of Hope. She has served for 7 years. She lives in West Des Moines, Iowa with her husband, Pastor Ben Mason…

Pastors Babette Chatman and Justin Lind-Ayres have shared an eight-year partnership in Campus Ministry at Augsburg University, most recently as co-pastors. They remain committed to the journey of racial justice and Jesus’ reign of love as colleagues at Augsburg and beyond.

Aleah Nishizaki works in and with the Deaf community in Washington, DC and around the world. She has a degree in Deaf Studies from Gallaudet University and is passionate about addressing the barriers and obstacles marginalized peoples experience, especially with regard to accessibility within the church. Aleah has been married to her husband for eleven…

The Rev. Carla Christopher Wilson serves as Assistant to the Bishop in Charge of Justice Ministries for Lower Susquehanna Synod, ELCA. She is also a Diversity and Cultural Competency Educator and a former Poet Laureate of York, Pennsylvania who regularly engages in art-based activism and storytelling. More about Carla can be found at carlachristopher.com.

Pastor Meggan Manlove grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is a graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead and the Univ. of Chicago Divinity School. She served a parish in rural Western Iowa for six years and moved to Nampa, Idaho in 2010 to serve as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Meggan is…

Philip C. Bergey, PhD, PCC, EPC, is a seasoned executive leadership coach, process consultant, business leader and educator. Phil spent 14 years as a judicatory executive with the Mosaic Conference of Mennonite Church USA. Through Design Group International he coaches clergy and business leaders. Learn more at PhilipCBergey.com or LeadershipMeetsLifePodcast.com or LeadershipMeetsLifeBlog.com.

Lisa Kloster is a practicing attorney in MN. She attended the University of MN Law School and graduated with Honors. She started working as a criminal defense lawyer in 1995 and is Certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Criminal Law Specialist. She spends most of her work days in the courtroom and…