Rev. Dr. Rachel Wrenn
Rachel (PhD, Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Capital University. She is also an ordained Lutheran pastor in the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). Her academic interests include the Psalms, biblical emotions, preaching, ethnography and embodiment. The first part of her ministry was spent serving small town and rural churches in Minnesota. She misses the prairie sunrises. Her husband, Tim Wrenn, [not cohost Tim] is a Lutheran pastor in Dublin, OH, where they live with their two children and two cats. Rachel enjoys cooking, reading, walking, speaking French, and that holy moment in worship when the acolyte lights the candles. For more, check out her personal website at rachelwrenn.wixsite.com/bible
Paul Essah
Paul is a PhD Student at Yale University. His work brings the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient Near East and African History and literature together in an interdisciplinary fashion to create new ways of thinking about the Hebrew Bible and its place in contemporary societies. Before setting out on his journey in the academy, he was a campus minister for GHAFES for five years in Ghana and has continued to serve youth ministries and churches in America since he relocated in 2017. When he is not preparing for a class or drafting the next sermon, Paul plays soccer with the unbeatable Yale Divinity School soccer team, the Paracleats. He lives in New Haven CT with his wife Patricia who is finalizing processes to begin a career in health care in CT.
Dr. Rosy Kandathil
Rosy (PhD, Emory University) is a Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting Instructor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as a trial attorney in the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society in New York. Rosy also served as a rotating preaching pastor at New Life Fellowship church in Elmhurst, Queens. Her dissertation focuses on aspects of humor and violence in the book of Esther. When she is not diligently working on her research, she can be found running after her surprisingly mobile daughter, lesson-planning for her next class, or testing out a new recipe in her kitchen in Decatur, GA.
Dr. Tim McNinch
Tim (PhD, Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN. Before entering the academic world, Tim worked as a campus minister for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and as a pastor in the Association of Vineyard Churches, planting a church in Kalamazoo, MI. He is now certified for ordination in the Presbyterian Church, USA—though he is putting ordained ministry on hold while he establishes his academic work. Tim loves finding creative ways to get biblical Hebrew out into the world and you can see some of his colorful efforts at GlossaHouse. Other resources are available on his popular YouTube channel. Tim lives in Indianapolis with his wife Elisabeth (a Spanish teacher), three children, one dog, and five rats. For more information see his digital CV at timothymcninch.com.