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Rev. Manohar Joshi (aka Mantu) has been a minister and elder in the United Methodist Church for more than twenty years. He teaches at Western Michigan University and serves as a chaplain at Trinity Health in Ann Arbor, MI. Drawing on his life as a stay-at-home dad, sports coach and...

Phillip Joubert is a Knoxville, TN-based artist, songwriter, emcee, rapper, and a key spokesperson for Common Hymnal. (Source: commonhymnal.com)

Aurelia Davila Pratt is the lead pastor at Peace of Christ Church in central Texas. She is a graduate of Baylor University and Truett Theological Seminary, and has contributed articles to Progressing Spirit, Good Faith Media, the Alliance of Baptists, Baptist Women in Ministry, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious...

Rev. Alex Joyner became the lead pastor of Charlottesville First United Methodist Church on July 1, 2021. He is a graduate of University of Virginia, and served as the United Methodist campus minister at UVA for seven years. Rev. Joyner has held ministry assignments from Texas to England and has...

Ashleigh Joyner currently serves in ministry with the United Methodist Church in North Texas.

Julian of Norwich (c. 1343-c. 1416), also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was an English anchoress of the Middle Ages. Her writings, now known as "Revelations of Divine Love," are the earliest surviving English-language works attributed to a woman. They are also the only surviving English-language works by an anchoress. (Source and image:...

Alexander Jun is an American academic and Presbyterian leader. He previously served as Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University. He earned his bachelor's and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California and a master's degree from California State University, Los Angeles. Before joining Azusa Pacific, Jun spent 15...