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Hyemin Na, PhD, is the Assistant Professor of Worship, Media and Culture and Chapel Elder of Oxnam Chapel at Wesley Theological Seminary. She earned her BA from Harvard College, MDiv from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and PhD from Emory University. Her research focuses on how liturgical practices intersect with media cultures. She has published chapters and articles […]

HyeRan Kim-Cragg, PhD, is the Principal of Emmanuel College of Victoria University at the University of Toronto, Canada, and holds Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Professorship in Preaching. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Academy of Homiletics and the editorial boards of the journals Homiletic and International Journal of Homiletics. She earned her MDiv from Hanshin Graduate

Michael Dean Morgan, MFA, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Rowan University. He earned his MFA from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California at Irvine. Morgan was a founding member of the New York-based multimedia performance ensemble Coyote Rep and is founder

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Rev. Dr. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough is a daughter, friend, sister, aunt, and partner. She is the Associate Director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools. Yarborough earned her B.A. from Elon University (2012), her M.Div. from Wake Forest University School of Divinity (2015), and her Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University (2021), with

Matthew D. Kim is professor of practical theology and holder of the Hubert H. and Gladys S. Raborn Chair of Pastoral Leadership at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary. A former youth pastor, college pastor, and senior pastor, he served in pastoral ministry for ten years. He then taught for a decade at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary as

Rev. Dr. Courtney V. Buggs is and incoming Director of the PhD Program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS), in Indianapolis, and the Assistant Professor of Homiletics. She earned a PhD in Religion from Emory University, focused on Homiletics; a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology; a

William H. Lamar, MDiv, is the Senior Pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. He earned his BS in Public Management from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, his MDiv from Duke University, and his currently pursing his Phd from Christian Theological Seminary. Prior to his two most recent appointments, he was the Managing Director of Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School in Durham,

Adam serves as the minister of Overbook Presbyterian Church in West Philadelphia. He is the author of The Holy No: Worship as a Subversive Art and a contributing editor at The Christian Century. He also co-hosts Sunday Morning Matinee, a podcast about movies, theology and ministry. He has taught in seminaries and colleges across the