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Beth Woelk is a certified Spiritual Director trained in the Jungian Mystical Christian tradition, with deep roots in the Anabaptist Mennonite faith. She offers individual and group spiritual direction, retreat facilitation, and workshops, integrating trauma-informed practices, ecumenism, and inclusion. As Associate Director and Faculty for the Soul Care Spiritual Direction...

Mary Wolff is a frequent contributor to ePriest.

Dr. David W. Wollenburg (1945-2026) was professor emeritus of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. He retired in 2009 after serving as a professor and director of the Specific Ministry Pastor Program. He graduated from Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary, and George Fox Evangelical Seminary. Before academia, he...

Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus Philosophical Theology Divinity School and Religious Studies at Yale University. He retired in 2002. Previously, he taught at Calvin College, the Free University...

Rev. Dr. Ada Wong Nagata is a retired Episcopal priest. She has served in parishes in the Dioceses of Los Angeles and New York. She serves on the General Convention Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment, and is also an honorary canon of the Cathedral Center of St....

Rev. Lawrence Wood currently serves as the senior minister of St. Andrew by the Sea in Gulf Shores, AL. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He previously served United Methodist and Congregationalist churches. Westminster John Knox Press has published two of his...

Rev. Dr. Bertrice Wood is an ordained pastor with the United Church of Christ.

Thomas Waterman Wood (1823–1903) served as President of the National Academy of Design from 1891, having previously served as its Vice-President for twelve years beginning in 1879. He was elected an Academician of the National Academy in 1871, following his Associate election in 1869, and served as President of the...