Contributors
Garwood P. Anderson
Dr. Garwood P. Anderson is the Donald J. Parsons Distinguished Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Nashotah House Theological Seminary and, beginning September 1, 2024, the Distinguished Fellow, Biblical Studies and Theology, at the Lumen Center of the Steve and Laurel Brown Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin.
Before his current roles, Anderson served as the Dean and President of Nashotah House from 2017 to 2024, following ten years as professor of New Testament and Greek at the seminary. From 2002 to 2007, he was a professor of biblical studies at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Anderson’s primary focus is the engagement of Holy Scripture for the Church, with scholarly interests especially in Pauline soteriology and the parables of Jesus. With recent changes in responsibilities, he hopes soon to work on a follow-up to his previous book, Paul’s New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey (IVP Academic, 2016). Before his academic career, Anderson was on the campus staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for 17 years, and he completed a Master of Arts in New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Ph.D. in biblical theology at Marquette University.
Gar has been married to Dawn since 1983, and they have three grown children: Thaddaeus lives in Chicago with his wife and fellow urban educator, Kelsey. Lindsay, also a teacher, is married to Dr. George Stotis and they live in the Milwaukee area with two of children, Basil and Annalise. Lauren, a journalist and communications professional, is married to Fr. Sam Cripps, and they live in Wausau, Wisconsin with their son, Garwood.
Elizabeth Anderson
Dr. Liza Anderson is a historical theologian who focuses on the ecumenical history of Christian spirituality, monasticism, and the history of ancient and medieval Christianity outside of Europe. She has held faculty positions in church history and ascetical theology at Episcopal Divinity School, Claremont School of Theology, and General Theological Seminary.
Stephen Andrews
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews is the principal and Helliwell Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.
Hannah Armidon
The Rev. Hannah Armidon is a priest in the Diocese of Springfield and a Ph.D. candidate in Old Testament and Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto.
Victor Austin
Victor Lee Austin is theologian in residence for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
David Barr
David Barr is associate rector at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
John Bauerschmidt
The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Bauerschmidt is the 11th Bishop of Tennessee. A native of South Carolina, he was consecrated bishop in 2007.
Christopher Beeley
The Rev. Dr. Christopher A. Beeley is the rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas.
Tyler Been
The Rev. Tyler Been serves as the curate at Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
Kristine Blaess
The Rev. Dr. Kristine Blaess is rector at St. Paul’s Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Jeff Boldt
The Rev. Dr. Jeff Boldt is a professor of theology at the Alexandria School of Theology.
Matt Boulter
The Rev. Dr. Matt Boulter is the rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church in east-central Austin, Texas.
Will Brown
Fr. Will Brown serves as rector of All Saints’, Thomasville. He is a priest of the Society of the Holy Cross, and a disciple of René Girard. He enjoys spending time with his wife and son, and is an avid hunter and fisherman.
Charlie Clauss
When Charlie and his wife arrived in Colorado Springs in the mid to late 1990s, they joined an Episcopal church. Living in the South, with a Baptist church on every corner, Charlie was a Lutheran. Now living in Minnesota, with a Lutheran church on every corner, he is an Episcopalian.
Tony Clavier
The Rt. Rev. Tony Clavier is a retired bishop, now serving two missions in the Diocese of Springfield. He is co-editor of The Anglican Digest and an occasional blogger.
Mark Clavier
The Rev. Dr. Mark Clavier is Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales, Bishop’s Chaplain, and Vicar of St Mary’s Brecon.
Stewart Clem
The Rev. Dr. Stewart Clem is associate professor of moral theology at Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis) and theologian in residence at The Church of St. Michael & St. George.
Christopher Cocksworth
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Christopher Cocksworth is Dean of Windsor.
Caleb Congrove
Caleb Congrove is a high school teacher in Ohio and a father of three. A layman, he belongs to a Greek Catholic parish.
Michael Cover
The Rev. Dr. Michael Cover is associate professor of theology at Marquette University. A graduate of Harvard, Yale, and the University of Notre Dame, he was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Dallas in 2010, and has served in multiple parishes in Indiana and Wisconsin.
Samuel Cripps
The Rev. Samuel Cripps is the rector of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Abigail Woolley Cutter
Dr. Abigail Cutter moved to Bristol, Tennessee, in 2023, and serves as assistant professor of theology at King University. She enjoys the music and many trails of Appalachia with her husband and two young children.
Neil Dhingra
Neil Dhingra, a Roman Catholic, is a doctoral student in education at the University of Maryland.
Andrew Goddard
Andrew Goddard is assistant minister at St. James the Less, Pimlico, London and tutor in Christian Ethics at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and Westminster Theological Centre.
David Goodhew
David Goodhew is a visiting fellow of St. Johns College, Durham University, and vicar of St. Barnabas Church, Middlesbrough, England.
Leander Harding
The Very Rev. Dr. Leander S. Harding, dean of the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, is entering his fourth decade as a priest of the Episcopal Church.
Cole Hartin
The Rev. Dr. Cole Hartin is an associate rector of Christ Church in Tyler, Texas, where he lives with his wife and four sons.
Carrie Boren Headington
Carrie Boren Headington serves as canon for evangelism for the Diocese of Dallas and consulting evangelist for revivals for the Presiding Bishop. She is the founder of Good News Initiative and adjunct professor of evangelism for Fuller Theological Seminary.
Victoria Heard
The Rev. Victoria R.T. Heard is rector of Church of the Redeemer in Irving, Texas.
Wesley Hill
The Rev. Dr. Wesley Hill is associate professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an assisting priest at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh.
Justin Holcomb
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb serves as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida and teaches theology and apologetics for Reformed Theological Seminary.
Christopher Holmes
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Holmes is professor of systematic theology in the theology programme at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Jody Howard
The Rev. Canon Joseph B. “Jody” Howard is Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Tennessee.
Jordan Hylden
The Rev. Dr. Jordan Hylden is associate rector at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Lafayette, Louisiana, where he also serves as a chaplain at Ascension Episcopal School.
Nathan Jennings
The Rev. Dr. Nathan Jennings is the J. Milton Richardson Associate Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies at Seminary of the Southwest.
Jon Jordan
Fr. Jon Jordan is a priest at Church of the Incarnation, and serves as the headmaster of the Dallas Campus and Theology Department Chair for Coram Deo Academy, a school in the classical Christian tradition.
Richard Kew
The Rev. Richard Kew is priest associate at St. George’s Church, Nashville. He was born and raised in England, was educated at the University of London and London College of Divinity, and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, in 1970.
Thomas Kincaid
The Rev. Thomas Kincaid began ordained ministry at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas and was vice rector there from 2015 until 2022.
Graham Kings
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Graham Kings (@GrahamRKings) is honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely.
Calvin Lane
The Rev. Calvin Lane, Ph.D. is the editor of Covenant. He is the author of two books on the reformation era and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2013. Ordained in 2011, Lane currently serves as associate rector of St. George’s, Dayton, Ohio. He has also taught for various seminaries and colleges, including serving as Affiliate Professor at Nashotah House. Lane served on the General Board of Examining Chaplains, 2018-2024.
Molly Jane Layton
The Rev. Molly Jane (“MJ”) Layton is the associate rector for congregational care and worship at the Parish of Calvary-St. George’s in Manhattan.
Paul Lee
Paul H. Matthew Lee is a seminarian at Wycliffe College, Toronto. Baptized with the name Paul in his childhood according to a Korean Christian custom, he writes under his Christian name for Covenant.
Ben Lima
Dr. Ben Lima is an art historian and critic, and a parishioner at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas.
Geoffrey Mackey
The Rev. Geoffrey Mackey is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Parkersburg, WV. Prior to his current assignment, he spent over twenty years in Christian college and seminary contexts in administration, teaching, and student pastoral care. He studied at evangelical, Catholic, and Anglican seminaries and previously served as a parish priest in the Catholic Church’s Byzantine Rite.
John Mason Lock
Fr. John Mason Lock is rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Red Bank, New Jersey. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was nurtured spiritually at St. John’s Cathedral and St. Mark’s on-the-Mesa.
Richard Mammana
Richard Mammana is a lay church historian, author, beekeeper, father, husband, and communicant of S. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia.
Joseph Mangina
Dr. Joseph (Joe) Mangina is professor of theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto.
Daniel Martins
The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martins is retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, which encompasses central and southern Illinois. He is also secretary of the Living Church Foundation’s board of directors. Among the members of the House of Bishops, he hangs out with the group known as the Communion Partners. He has previously served parishes in the dioceses of Louisiana, Northern Indiana, and San Joaquin.
Hannah Matis
Dr. Hannah W. Matis is the associate dean for academic affairs and an associate professor of church history at the School of Theology at Sewanee: The University of the South.
Jean McCurdy Meade
The Rev. Dr. Jean McCurdy Meade is a retired priest of the Diocese of Louisiana, formerly the Rector of Mount Olivet Church, New Orleans. She resides now in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas, as well as Santa Fe, New Mexico, and New Orleans.
Mark Michael
Fr. Mark Michael is the editor-in-chief of The Living Church and rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church, Potomac, Maryland. A native of rural Western Maryland, he is a graduate of Duke University and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
Neal Michell
The Very Rev. Dr. Neal Michell was born in Dallas and grew up in Garland. Until recently, he was Prebendary in the Diocese of Dallas and Dean of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Dallas.
Jonathan Mitchican
Esther Mombo
Dr. Esther Mombo is professor at St. Paul’s University in Limuru, Kenya.
Brandt Montgomery
The Rev. Dr. Brandt Montgomery is the chaplain of Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland and vicar of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road) in Boonsboro, Maryland.
Dane Neufeld
The Rev. Dr. Dane Neufeld is the incumbent of St. James, Calgary, and the chair of Canadian Communion Partners.
David Ney
The Rev. Dr. David Ney is a native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. He serves as associate professor of Church history at Trinity Anglican Seminary, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
Matthew S.C. Olver
The Rev. Matthew S.C. Olver, Ph.D. (Marquette University), is Executive Director and Publisher of The Living Church Foundation and Senior Lecturer in Liturgics at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. His first monograph is forthcoming, The Origin of the Roman Canon Missae (Brepols), and he is writing a volume with Nathan Jennings entitled Turning Points in Prayer Book History: From England, through Scotland, to America (Seabury). He has published and lectured widely in early Christian liturgy and the development of the Book of Common Prayer in journals such as Anglican Theological Review, Studia Liturgica, Ecclesia Orans, Journal of Early Christian Studies, and the Harvard Theological Review.
Chip Prehn
The Rev. Dr. Chip Prehn is an Episcopal priest, independent historical scholar, writer, and poet. He is a principal of Dudley & Prehn Educational Consultants, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and Charlottesville, Virginia. Prehn serves on the board of The Living Church Foundation.
Sarah Puryear
The Rev. Sarah Puryear lives in Nashville with her family and serves as priest associate at St. George’s Episcopal Church.
Ephraim Radner
The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner is a priest of the Episcopal Church (canonically resident in the Diocese of Colorado) and professor of historical theology at Wycliffe College, an Anglican seminary affiliated with the University of Toronto. His doctorate from Yale University is in theology.
Steve Rice
Fr. Steve Rice is the rector of St Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Peter Robinson
The Rev. Dr. Peter Robinson is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and teaches at Wycliffe College.
Eugene Schlesinger
Eugene R. Schlesinger, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. From 2019 to 2024 he was editor of Covenant.
Samy Shehata
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Samy Shehata was consecrated Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt in June 2021.
Katherine Sonderegger
The Rev. Dr. Katherine Sonderegger is Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary.
George Sumner
The Rt. Rev. Dr. George Sumner, ordained priest in Tanzania in 1981, is the Bishop of Dallas. He has served in cross-cultural ministry in Navajoland and has a doctorate in theology from Yale. Bishop Sumner is married to Stephanie Hodgkins.
Muthuraj Swamy
The Rev. Dr. Muthuraj Swamy is director of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge, and project manager of Theological Education for Mission in the Anglican Communion, based in London.
Philip Turner
The Rev. Dr. Philip Turner is a retired priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. He is the author of a number of books and articles, including Sex, Money, and Power and Christian Ethics and the Church. He has served the Episcopal Church as a missionary, rector, and seminary professor and dean.
Samuel Tranter
Samuel Tranter, Ph.D. is Academic Dean at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, in Durham, England, and an Honorary Research Fellow of Durham’s Department of Theology and Religion. A lay Anglican, he teaches and writes about theology and ethics and has served in theological education across the UK and in South-East Asia.
Jonathan Turtle
The Rev. Jonathan Turtle is rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Orlando, Florida.
Kino Vitet
The Rev. Kino Vitet is rector of the Church of St. Mark in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Joseph Wandera
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Wandera is Bishop of Mumias, Kenya.
Christopher Wells
Dr. Christopher Wells is Director of Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion.
Paul Wheatley
The Rev. Dr. Paul D. Wheatley is assistant professor of New Testament at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.
Barbara White
The Rev. Barbara White serves as associate rector for worship and formation at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Clint Wilson
Fr. Clint Wilson is rector of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
Terry Wong
The Rev. Canon Terry Wong is the vicar of Marine Parade Christian Centre in the Diocese of Singapore.
Jeremy Worthen
The Rev. Canon Dr. Jeremy Worthen is the team rector of Ashford Town Parish in the Diocese of Canterbury.
Christopher Yoder
The Rev. Christopher Yoder serves as rector of All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City.