Wisdom from practitioners of Christianity, especially (though not limited to) pastors.

Pastor, St. John's & St, Mark's and Trinity Lutheran Churches, Canajoharie, NY

Pastor, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Yorktown, Virginia and Dean of the Peninsulas Conference of the Virginia Synod of the ELCA; Secretary to the Board of Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp and Retreat Center

Pastor, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church - Albany and Dean of the Hudson Mohawk Conference of the Upstate NY Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Senior Pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, Greece, NY

Bishop of the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod of the ELCA

Rev. Cook served nine years at Heldeberg Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Intentional Interim Pastor, Tri-County Lutheran Parish, Upstate New York Synod, ELCA

Senior Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington, DC

Bishop of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA

Pastor Emeritus, First and Santa Cruz Lutheran Church, Joliet, IL

The Rev. Brenda Smith, Recently Retired Program Director for ELCA Faith Practices and the Book of FaithÂ

Newly Retired Pastor, Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America


Associate Director of Educational Design at The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

Interim Pastor, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, West Allis, Wisconsin

Head of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor and Environmental Advocate

Pastoral Associate, St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Manhattan and Pastoral Psychotherapist in Private Practice

Assistant to the Bishop for Candidacy and Mobility in the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Pastor and Mission Developer, Community of Good Neighbors, Buffalo, NY

Retired ELCA pastor, mission developer, and organizer

Pastor and Mission Developer, Hope Lutheran Church, Troy, New York

Faith Formation Director for the Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Provisional Priest-in-Charge, Trinity Episcopal Church, Collinsville, Connecticut

Retired Bishop, Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Pastor of the University Church in Yale and Senior Associate Chaplain for Protestant Life

Pastor, St. John's, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY (Second in a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women.)


Convener, American Baptist Church's Creation-Justice Network

This is the first in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Inspiration and teaching from practitioners in spiritual/religious fields.