Resource Authors

Lisa Cotter is a leading Catholic speaker and author known for her practical insights on relationships, femininity, and living life with excellence. She has served FOCUS for over 10 years, authored multiple books, hosted the popular How-to Catholic podcast, and traveled widely as a presenter. (Source: madetomagnify.com)

Rev. James England Cotter (1942–2014) was an Anglican priest educated at Stockport Grammar School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, later serving as Chaplain there before his ordination in the Diocese of Manchester. His ministry included parish posts in England and Wales, culminating as vicar of St Hywyn's Church, Aberdaron....

Rev. Nicole Cotton is the lead pastor of Belleville First Church of the Nazarene in Belleville, IL. She previously served as a youth pastor in Vilonia, AR, and was ordained in 2018, serving as lead pastor in a congregation in Sherwood, AR. (Source: bfcn.org)

Charles B. Cotton, Jr. has previously served as a minister of worship, and is a contributor to The African American Lectionary. (Source and photo: theafricanamericanlectionary.org)

Dr. Blake Couey is a Hebrew Bible scholar with a B.A. from Mercer University and both an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. A professor of religion at Gustavus Adolphus College, he teaches introductory and advanced courses on the Bible, including prophets, biblical poetry, gender, and conceptions of God,...

Sr. Magdalen Coughlin, O.P. is a Dominican nun, a native Canadian, and member of the Squamish British Columbia community, a new foundation in western Canada. (Source and photo: word.op.org)

Rev. Dr. Nelson Cowan is Director of the School of the Arts at Samford University. He is a worship leader, a liturgical theologian, and an ordained pastor in The United Methodist Church. Nelson's passion is to equip worship leaders across all art forms to use their gifts thoughtfully, skillfully, and...

William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymn writer. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of eighteenth-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic...

Sam Cox is currently the Chair of Portsmouth Ambassadors and works actively to support the Shaping Portsmouth Programme. She is currently a serving Headteacher and has worked extensively in both secondary and primary school settings, teaching and leading school improvement projects. She is a graduate of University of Greenwich and...

Rev. Nicole Cox is the directing pastor of Willow Hill United Methodist Church in East Peoria, IL. (Source and photo: willowhill.org)