Resource Authors

Dr. Janette H. Ok is Associate Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. She previously served for five years on faculty at Azusa Pacific Seminary in Azusa, CA. She is a graduate of UCLA and Princeton Theological Seminary, and taught high school English in Los Angeles. Ok is an...

Dr. Amy Oden is a working professor, teaching church history and Christian spirituality for several seminaries. She has served on the faculties of Oklahoma City University, Saint Paul School of Theology, and Wesley Theological Seminary, where she also served as Dean. She is a graduate of Methodist University and University...

Rev. Bryan Odeen is the pastor at St. Peder's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from Wartburg College and Wartburg Seminary, and worke at churches in Cedar Falls, IA, Mason City, IA, and Warren, IL. After his ordination, served as Associate Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage,...

Dr. Natasha O'Hear is a part-time lecturer in Theology & Visual Art at Institute for Imagination, Theology and the Arts at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Her research interests center on visualizations of biblical texts, and of Revelation in particular. She is a graduate of University of Oxford, England....

Rev. Dr. Joel P. Okamoto is the Waldemar and Mary Griesbach Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He has been a faculty member since 1998. Before joining the Seminary, Okamoto served as assistant pastor at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from Concordia...

Pádraig Ó Tuama (b. 1975, Ireland) is an Irish poet with interests in language, violence, power, and religion. He is the host of On Being's Poetry Unbound and has published volumes of poetry, essays, a memoir and theology. He lives in Belfast and New York City. From 2014-2019 he was the...

Mary Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style, and relied on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent...

Dr. Margaret Odell is professor emerita of religion at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Her research interests have centered in the Hebrew prophets, with a special focus on Ezekiel. (Source and photo: workingpreacher.org)

Fr. Barry O'Toole, LC is a frequent contributor to ePriest.

Rev. Dr. Matthew S. C. Olver is the Executive Director and Publisher of the Living Church Foundation. A priest since 2006, he was the assistant rector at Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX, and has served widely in the Episcopal Church in diocesan, national, and international capacities. He is a liturgical...