Meeting Jesus on the Margins: Meditations on Matthew 25 - Softcover

Bo Cox spends his time working at a state-run psychiatric hospital where he helps lead recreational activities and is a therapy dog handler.

Allison Duvall is a young adult hailing from the Diocese of Lexington. She has served as a parish musician at St. John s Episcopal Church in Versailles, Kentucky, and as the executive director of Reading Camp, a literacy ministry of the Diocese of Lexington for elementary-school students who are behind grade level in reading and other academic skills. In 2013, she joined the staff of Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM), the refugee resettlement service of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, as the manager for church relations and engagement. She served as a deputy to General Convention in 2009 and 2012 and currently serves as an at-large board member for Episcopal Appalachian Ministries.

Mike Kinman is the dean of Christ Church Cathedral, a vibrant Christian community and sacred public space in St. Louis a place where all downtown comes together for celebration, conversation, and to work for the common good. His passion for the gospel is as a force for reconciliation, and in St. Louis that means the cathedral being in the middle of the deep divides of race and class. He serves as founding board president for Magdalene St. Louis, an organization modeled after the successful Magdalene program in Nashville that offers housing, supportive community, and a new life for women who have survived prostitution, abuse, addiction, and sex trafficking. Michael lives with his wife, Robin, and sons Schroedter and Hayden in St. Louis City.

Hugo Olaiz works for Forward Movement as the associate editor for Latino/Hispanic resources. Hugo was born in Argentina, where he spent half of his life. Always curious about foreign languages and cultures, he studied classics, linguistics, and translation in college. He serves as a greeter at Church of Our Savior, a bilingual parish (English and Spanish) in Mount Auburn, a historic neighborhood of Cincinnati. He lives in Oxford, Ohio, with his husband, John-Charles, and an aging beagle-mix named Patches.

Lee Anne Reat is vicar at St. John s, Columbus, and coordinator of the Diocese of Southern Ohio s School for Diaconal Formation. St. John s serves a primarily Appalachian neighborhood and is home to Street Church (Holy Eucharist every Sunday on a street corner welcoming those who may not feel comfortable inside a church building), the Growing Place (an outdoor learning environment and worship space for the community), and Confluence (an Episcopal Service Corps program for young adults). Lee Anne holds degrees in theology, adult education, early childhood education, and public policy.

Becca Stevens is a premier preacher and speaker in the United States, proclaiming love as the most powerful force for social change. She is an Episcopal priest and founder of Magdalene, residential communities of women who have survived prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. In 2001, Becca founded Thistle Farms, which currently employs sixty residents and program graduates, and houses a natural body care line, a paper and sewing studio, and the Thistle Stop Café. Her most recent book is The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World s Favorite Beverage from its Violent History.

Richelle Thompson serves as deputy director and managing editor at Forward Movement. Her passion for hearing and telling stories and writing in a way that moves people has guided her vocation, first as a newspaper reporter, then as director of communications for the Diocese of Southern Ohio, and continuing with her ministry at Forward Movement. She and her husband, an Episcopal priest, have two children, a horse, a dog, and two rabbits. They all live in God s country in Northern Kentucky.