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Dr. Carol Penner is Director of Theological Studies and Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She teaches and writes in the area of practical theology. After many years as a pastor in various Mennonite congregations, she joined the faculty at Grebel....

Rev. Bosco Peters served as a priest in the Anglican Church in rural and urban parishes in Australia and New Zealand, and retired after twenty-four years serving as Chaplain at Christ's College, Canterbury (New Zealand), an Anglican secondary school for boys. He is a graduate of Melbourne College of Divinity,...

Rev. Fran Pratt is a pastor, writer, musician, and liturgist. She is the author of a book of congregational litanies, and regularly creates and shares modern liturgy on her website and on Patreon. Her prayers are prayed in churches of various sizes and traditions across the globe. She writes, speaks,...

Rev. Teri Peterson is pastor at St. John's Church Gourock, Scotland. She is originally from the Pacific Northwest, and is a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary. She previously served as a volunteer on Iona, a missionary in Egypt, a minister in two different suburban Presbyterian churches outside Chicago, and spent...

Bruce Prewer (1931-2018) was a nationally recognised poet and liturgist who gave Christianity a distinctly Australian voice. His proficiency as a poet is well known in Australian churches. His first book, Australian Psalms, became a religious best-seller. (Source and photo: crosslight.org.au)

Having trained as a marine biologist, Andrew Pratt taught for seven years before entering the Methodist ministry. He is currently a Methodist Circuit Superintendent. He holds degrees in science and literature, and is currently researching for a Doctorate in hymnody. Andrew has been involved in the editing of a number...

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 1936-2025) was the head of the Catholic Church from 2013-2025. Francis was the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory...

Dr. John J. Pilch (1937-2016) was born in Brooklyn, NY and educated in the mid-West, earning his Ph.D. from Marquette University in 1972. Leading study tours to the Middle East provided first hand experience of that culture and its values. He was assistant clinical professor in the Department of Preventive...

Fr. Stephanos Pedrano is a Benedictine monk and priest of the Order of St. Benedict at Prince of Peace Abbey in California. He grew up a Filipino immigrant, naturalized U.S. citizen, and Navy brat on various islands in the Pacific Ocean and on the California coast. (Source: patheos.com; princeofpeaceabbey.org)

Mimi Patrick is a frequent contributor to MInistryToChildren.