Resource Authors

Ruth R. Harder is a frequent contributor to Together in Worship.

Mark Diller Harder is currently currently pastor at St. Jacobs (Ontario) Mennonite Church, and an adjunct professor at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He has been a pastor and leader within the Mennonite Church, and served as a Student and Young Adult Minister for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada for 11 years. He previously...

Benjamin Hardesty is a songwriter and performer based out of Virginia. He is the frontman for the band The Last Bison. (Source: thelastbison.com)

Rev. Dr. Leander Harding serves as the twenty-first Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, NY. Dean Harding has over 40 years of experience in ordained leadership. He is a graduate of New College, Andover Newton Theological School, and Boston College. He has been the rector of rural,...

Dr. Lee Hardy is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Calvin University, whose work and teaching have been rooted in a long academic career shaped by extensive graduate study in the field. He earned a B.A. in philosophy from Trinity Christian College, followed by two M.A. degrees in philosophy from Duquesne...

Sara co-leads engageworship together with husband Sam, drawing from her experience in music, worship and youthwork. She has led worship and training for networks such as Spring Harvest, Tearfund and Fresh Expressions. She is co-author of a number of books including Whole Life Worship (IVP 2017) and Simple Worship (MWF...

Sam Hargreaves co-leads engageworship with his wife Sara. He completed the London School of Theology degree in Theology, Music and Worship, worked on the faculty for five years, and now teaches as a guest lecturer there. He also co-leads the RESOUNDworship.org worship song website, and has led musical and creative...

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of the Poetry Society of America's 2024 Frost Medal, Yale's 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and was recently...

Dr. Felicity Harley-McGowan is an art historian specializing in the origins of Christian iconography in late-antique Roman visual culture. She teaches as a lecturer in the History of Art and previously held research posts at the Warburg Institute and the British School at Rome, as well as a lectureship in medieval...

Rev. Chelsey Harmon lives in Vancouver, BC and is a bi-vocational pastor at The Bridge Community Church (CRC) in Langley, BC. Chelsey is also on staff at Churches Learning Change, a non-profit that aims to help congregations and leaders pursue personal and congregational transformation. She is a graduate of Calvin...