Resource Authors

Dr. Jennifer Pantoja is an academic consultant who specializes in curriculum development and instructional design. Her research interests include Abrahamic religions, embodied living, habit formation, and the metaphors used to describe the divine in the Bible. She is the author of "The Metaphor of the Divine as Planter of the...

Ryan Panzer is the author of "Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture" (Fortress Press, 2020) and "The Holy and the Hybrid: Navigating the Church's Digital Reformation" (Fortress Press, 2022). Ryan has spent his career in the worlds of church leadership and technology. He graduated rom Luther Seminary...

Matt Papa is a hymn writer and musician. With songs like "His Mercy Is More," "Christ Our Hope In Life And Death," and "Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery," Matt tours regularly across the U.S. as a songwriter with Getty Music and frequently guests on their tours. A three-time Dove Award...

Joseph Paprocki is National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press, where he works on the development team for faith formation curriculum resources. Trained in theology, history, and secondary education at Loyola University Chicago, he later graduated from Loyola's Institute of Pastoral Studies and St. Mary of the Lake University...

Rev. Michael Anthony Parker, II is the pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Annapolis, MD, and previously served at Journey United Methodist Church in Temple Hills, MD. He graduated from Baltimore School for the Arts, Coppin State University, and Wesley Theological Seminary. He is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry...

Jennifer Parker is a writer and teacher from Mississippi currently based in Guangdong Province, China. (Source: thebanner.org)

Rev. Dr. Elvin Parker III (1963-2023) was a preacher, lecturer, homiletical clinician, and ministerial mentor. He was an Ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and as a member in Full Connection, and served congregations in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and Florida. He is a graduate of Wilberforce University, Candler School...

Rev. Mason Parks is a pastor in the American Methodist Episcopal Church. (image: youtube.com/watch?v=kAAG2u8XHGg)