Preaching Black Lives (Matter) [Mīkstie vāki]

GAYLE FISHER-STEWART is an Episcopal priest and interim rector at St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. She has been involved in the valuing of diversity and black lives for over forty years. She has taught and preached nationally, both in and out of the church. She is a Christian educator and activist; her most recent work was published by Anglican Theological Review. MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE is the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and serves as president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. Prior to this, she served as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She earned her masters in divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary. The author of Gathering the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice, her sermons have been published in books and journals. She and her husband, Paul, have two adult sons.

MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE es la novena obispa de la Diócesis Episcopal de Washington y sirve ademįs como presidenta de la Fundación Protestante de la Catedral Episcopal, la cual supervisa los ministerios de la Catedral Nacional de Washington y las tres escuelas adjuntas a esta. Antes de su elección, Mariann sirvió por dieciocho ańos como rectora de St. John´s Episcopal Church, en Minneapolis. Ella tiene un bachillerato en historia por la Universidad de Rochester, donde se graduó como magna cum laude. Ella tiene ademįs una Maestrķa en Divinidades y un Doctorado en Ministerio por el Seminario Teológico de Virginia. Ella y su esposo Paul tienen dos hijos adultos: Amos y Patrick.

Kelly Brown Douglas, is an Episcopal priest and graduate (Master of Divinity degree, doctoral degree) of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she is now inaugural Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Seminary. WILDA C. GAFNEY (WIL) is a Hebrew Biblical scholar and Episcopal priest, a former Army chaplain, and congregational pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She is a graduate of Duke University (PhD) and Howard University (M Div). In addition to her biblical scholarship, she has written for Sojourners,Huffington Post,Feasting on the Word, and Working Preacher. She is also an editor and essayist and author of several other books and teaches at Brite Divinity School.

SANDRA T. MONTES has a doctorate in education and has taught in public schools for more than twenty years. Involved in multicultural or multilingual churches since childhood, she knows that congregations or groups who utilize REAL relationships will be successful and grow. Gene Robinson was the ninth bishop (2003-2013) of the Diocese of New Hampshire in The Episcopal Church. A graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee, he served as parish priest, retreat center director, and Canon to the Ordinary before his election to the episcopate. Since his retirement, he has continued an active speaking and writing schedule and serves as Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. He is the father of two grown daughters and grandfather of two.