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Julie K. Aageson Aageson is coordinator of the ELCA resource centers and director of the Eastern North Dakota Syno... More |
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Olivia Bailey Olivia Bailey was once warned by her first grade teacher that doodling on math assignments would earn her a poor grade. With this in mind, she learned that it is best to doodle on English assignments ... More |
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Patricia Bentsen As a child, Patricia (Pat) Bentsen attended church activities at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in a farming community near McCabe, MT. One evening a missionary nurse from Nigeria came to speak at Ebenezer.... More |
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Barbara Berry-Bailey Barbara Berry-Bailey, a fifth-generation Lutheran, is the mother of two children: Cynthia, a high school sophomore, and Kenneth who is married to Malika and has three children Zion, 11; Alexa, 3; and ... More |
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Beth Birkholz-Seeke Beth Birkholz-Seeke is the mother of two question-asking theologians, Miriam, 5 1/2 (right), and Jonathan, almost 3. She serves as associate pastor of More |
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Kevin Boozer Kevin’s first children’s book began as a letter to the children in his home congregation, St. Paul Lutheran, Pomaria, S.C. He wrote t ...More |
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Mary Braudrick Braudrick is a freelance children's writer in Nampa, Idaho. |
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Evelyn B. Christensen Evelyn is a teacher who loves to create resources that make learning fun for kids. She writes educational puzzle books-she just finished her 34th with her daughter. She also enjoys writing for childre... More |
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Monica Cox Monica Cox lives in Madagascar with her husband, Doug, and two sons, Ben and Jeremiah. They are serving as missionaries of the ELCA Global Mission. Mon... More |
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David Creech Creech is director of hunger education for t... More |
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Emily Demuth Ishida Emily Demuth Ishida credits John-Boy Walton with inspiring her to become a writer. She has written numerous devotionals and educational materials for Aug ...More |
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Irene Flynn Flynn directs the ELCA Florida-Bahamas Synod resource center. |
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Laura Freeman Although Laura’s been drawing all her life, her first published illustrations appeared in The Little Lutheran. She recently left a string of emotionally ... More |
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Ann Hafften Ann Hafften is a free-lance writer in Weatherford, Texas, and The Lutheran's correspondent in the Northern Texas-Northern Lou... More |
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Jodi Harris Jodi Harris grew up on a farm in Iowa where the fields are open and the hills roll for as far as the eye can see. She's been drawing and painting forever... even practiced drawing through churc ...More |
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Candice Hartsough McDonald Growing up, Candice was surrounded by art everywhere she looked. Her mom loved to draw, and was very good at portraiture, and her dad designed and built houses for people. They encouraged Candice ...More |
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Mary Rand Hess Mary Rand Hess loves writing for The Little Lutheran and The Little Christian. She enj... More |
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Donna Huisjen Huisjen lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she is a full-time writer and editor. She spent 31 years working for a large Christian publishing house, the last 10 as a Bible editor, but thoroughly en ...More |
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Eric Hullstrom Hullstrom is pastor at Salem Lutheran Church, Jackson, Minn. and Belmont Lutheran Church, Lakefield, Minn. |
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Charles Hunt Hunt lives in Normandy, France, with his family. |
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Elizabeth Hunter Elizabeth is editor of this magazine. When her two sons, ages 6 and 3, aren't keeping her busy, she writes children's fiction, a long-time practice. ...More |
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Y. Franklin Ishida Y. Franklin Ishida is director of the Asia Pacific desk with ELCA Global Mission. Married to a children's book author (and contributor for The Little Lutheran), he hears a lot about children's... More |
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Darlene Kalfahs Kalfahs is resource center director of the East-Central Synod of Wisconsin. |
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Karen L. Kaufman Kaufman directs the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod Resource Center. |
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Amber Leberman Amber is art director for this magazine. She loves working with photographers and illustrators to tell stories that pique the curiosity of our young readers. Are you a children's illust... More |
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Mary C. Lindberg Lindberg is a Seattle-area parent, pastor and former teacher. |
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Ava Martin Martin is director for public media, ELCA Communication Services. |
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William McDonald McDonald is a United Methodist minister servin... More |
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Rochelle Melander In elementary school, Rochelle Melander got in trouble for reading novels during class, recording real-life drama on her desk top, and daydreaming. Thankfully, these habits turned out to be essential ... More |
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Linda Nansteel Lovell Linda Nansteel Lovell and her husband, Allan, have two adult daughters, Meredith and Jocelyn. The photo is from Jocelyn's (second from left) voice recital in the spring of 2006. Linda is a graduat... More |
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Kevan Penvose Kevan began writing children's stories during his seminary internship. Now as a Ph.D. student in theology, he follows one simple rule: If it can't be said in a children's story then it ...More |
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Jennifer Phelps Ollikainen Jennifer Phelps Ollikainen teaches about worship and answers questions for the ELCA in the ... More |
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Chris Raschka Chris Raschka has written and or illustrated more that 40 books for children, including Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop<... More |
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Kaari Reierson Kaari Reierson works in Church in Society of the Evange... More |
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Victoria Roder Roder is the day-care director of Zion Lutheran Church, Colby, Wis. She was a puppet leader for seven years at Christ Lutheran Church, Marshfield, Wis. |
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Rebecca Sapp Becky (Rebecca) Sapp spent most of her childhood on a farm in Iowa, then lived most of her adult life in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She is a life-long Lutheran Christian. Becky and her husband, Ste... More |
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Clint Schneckloth Clint Schnekloth's day job is pastor of East Koshkonong Lutheran Church, an open-country congregation in Cambridge, Wis. He and his wife have two children. C... More |
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Julie B. Sevig Sevig is an associate editor of The Lutheran magazine, a mother of three, and author of Peanut Butter and Jelly Prayers (More |
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Marilyn Sharpe Sharpe, a parent and grandparent, knows firsthand the joys and sorrows, the triumphs and challenges of being a family. A certified family life educator for 32 years, she is committed to helping par ...More |
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Ricci Shryock Ricci Shryock is a photographer and writer in Sarasota, Florida. Before moving to Florida, she interned at Marie Claire in New York City and completed a ... More |
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Sonia C. Solomonson Sonia is executive editor of this magazine. Although it’s been a long time since she raised toddlers, Sonia plays an active role in the lives of her ei ...More |
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Sally Springer As a child growing up in Philadelphia, Sally did more than her share of drawing, coloring and watching cartoons. Her first job could have been coloring her best friend's coloring book. Even with t... More |
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Sister Noreen Stevens Stevens directs the ELCA Eastern Minnesota resource center. |
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Timothy J. Wengert Wengert, an ELCA pastor, is Ministerium of Pennsylvania Professor of the History of Christianity at the Lutheran Seminary at Philadelp... More |
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Delores Wright Wright directs the ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod resource center. |
