Amanda Creek (she/her) was raised in Central Florida but recently moved to Maine. As a part of Juniper Formation’s storytelling team, Amanda loves to help with web design and marketing. She also works for a museum part-time helping in the same capacity, as well as for a course creation agency as a Client Marketing Specialist. In her free time, Amanda loves to write fiction stories, draw cozy characters, and hang out with her spouse of 16 years and their 13 year old dachshund.
Avery Arden (they/ze) is genderqueer, Autistic, an agnostic Catholic-Presbyterian mishmash, and a firm believer that God urges us to break down all binaries that divide humans from one another, from Creation, and from the Divine. They center their ministry around this belief with their Blessed Are the Binary Breakers podcast; dichotomy-defying liturgy and poems; and workshops and virtual resources focused on disability and trans affirmation. Avery graduated from Louisville Seminary in 2019 and joined the More Light Presbyterians national board of directors in 2022. They currently live in Decatur, Georgia, with their wife and two cats.
Calista Silva (She/Her) is a fourteen-year-old author living outside Denver, Colorado. She has been interested in writing for quite some time, which is one of the reasons that she chose to write for ReFrame. Calista uses multiple forms of art to express her ideas and beliefs. She also loves to travel with her mom, sister, and dad.
Candace Woods (she/her) is a Colorado Springs based minister who will soon be ordained in the United Church of Christ. She holds a Master's in Divinity from Iliff School of Theology. She spends her days doing work around the wild intersections of gender and sexuality, faith and spirituality, and bodies and nature. Personally, Candace lives with her partner, 2 dogs, 5 chickens, and a beehive on a little urban farmstead. She loves to be outside, whether hiking, foraging for medicinal plants, or in the garden, and she also loves connecting in community over coffee or a beer, dreaming up how to co-create the future with God and her neighbors.
Claudia Aguilar Rubalcava (She/Her) is interim pastor at Park Hill Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado. Being bilingual, bicultural, and binational is part of her call to build bridges among different groups of people. She is a certified yoga instructor and loves music, dogs, cooking, and baking. She is interested in ecumenical and interfaith efforts to bring justice and peace to every sentient being. When not working, she is spending time in her garden with her husband Doug and their dogs, hiking with friends, or trying to replicate authentic Mexican dishes with limited access to ingredients.
Dax Franklin-Hicks (he/him) is deeply committed to listening fully, cultivating a compassionate heart, and seeking knowledge of who God is through relationship with others. He spends his time creating access to healthcare services for those afraid to or unable to access it and educating healthcare providers about LGBTQIA+ lives. Dax knows he's called to ministry and that knowing has not yet resulted in becoming a minister in title, but moves him to be that as much as possible in whatever present moment he finds himself in. He has an amazing partner in living named Nancy and a beautiful son named Angelo that has looked older than him since he was 15.
Evan Amo (He/Him) serves as Pastor of Peoples Presbyterian Church, a small, historic African-American congregation in central Denver. Evan is drawn to the intersection of Christian discipleship and public advocacy for a world marked by justice, equity, and dignity, an intersection which Evan explores creatively in his songwriting project, Bruised Reeds. Evan is an admitted Colorado stereotype- an avid trail-runner, an alpine addict, a lover of local lager.
Jackie Delafose (She/Hers) is a retired educator in Colorado. She is a member of St. Laurence Episcopal Church in Conifer, Colorado. She serves on her parish vestry and the diocese Executive Committee of the Front Range. She is currently in discernment for a call to ministry. She serves on the leadership team of Reframe and is a contributing writer for the team.
Jason Whitehead (He/Him) believes we’ve lost our capacity to practice compassion, justice, and humility. ReFrame began in his basement as an idea and was nurtured in conversation with many of the writers you see here, along with others too numerous to name. He is a Presbyterian minister and leadership and development coach. He is the Lead Curator of ReFrame. His interests include: hiking, woodworking, gaming, mental health and meaning-making.
Javon Bracy (She/Hers) was born and raised in New Orleans. She lives out her ministry calling in the Baptist church, as well as in the broader community context. Her hobbies include collecting records and mugs. Javon lives life by the mantra: To edify. To glorify. To do all things in love.
Jenny Whitcher (She/Her) is the Minister of Prophetic Formation and co-founder of Juniper Formation, an ecumenical faith community of the United Church of Christ (UCC). They're a group of movement leaders and people in ministry who are prophetically reimagining the Church from the margins. Jenny is an artist, home renovator and builder, and enjoys good spiritual and political conversations over meals and walks. She loves Denver, but misses the ocean.
Jeanette Rojas (She/Her/Ella) is the granddaughter of Mexican Indigenous immigrants, and the first woman in her family to graduate college. Her work in the fields of education and leadership are deeply personal and inform her beliefs about the power of education. She is the Director of School Design at City Year and sees her role there as redesigning systems of oppression into systems of inclusion and equity. For her, the church is a place where all belong and are loved. She is the vice-chair of Juniper Formation and is committed to working with the migrant and undocumented communities in Denver, Colorado.
Kate Davoli (They/Them) works full-time as a bench researcher neuroscientist, attends Seminary part-time, and does ministry for folks at the intersection of queer and Christian identities. They have taught discernment and collective decision making to fellow students and ministers, and to civic and faith-based organizations and is the author of “The Chairperson's Toolbox: Essentials for the committee leader” on that topic.
Katelin Champion (She/Her) is the multimedia producer for Juniper Formation. She lives in Denver with her wife, dog, and cat. She enjoys camping, fishing, archery, and a plethora of nerdy pastimes (comics, video games, spreadsheets, etc).
Keisha Wiggan (She/Her) is first and foremost a wife and mom of two children. The three things that she values most in life are her faith, friends and family. Keisha desires to walk with the Lord authentically through the inevitable joys and sorrows of this life in a way that reflects God’s unmerited favor, forgiveness and faithfulness so that it may encourage others. Although she is a native New Yorker she has made the State of Maryland her home. Her hobbies include gardening, swimming, reading and DIY home projects.
Libby Tedder Hugus (She/Her) is curious, courageous and compassionate. She aims to embody, embrace and empower more love. She is a wife, mama, pastor, coach, author and obsessive podcast/audiobook consumer. She believes there is always room for one more around the table: both at home and in God's family and that generous hospitality can and will heal the world. Libby is the daughter of two continents: North America and Africa and maintains dual citizenship between the USA and Republic of South Africa.
MaryAnn Nguyen-Kwok (She/Her) is passionate about capturing and revealing God's heart through words. She spends her days looking for ways to connect, engage, love, and encourage others toward knowing the deep love of God. She currently serves as an ordained pastor at a Vineyard church in California.
Pedro Silva (He/Him) has had many callings in his life--each of which led him to his callings as a parish minister and public theologian. He is currently serving as a Director of Engagement with YOUnify, a non-profit organization focused on helping communities bridge cultural divides and move beyond the limits of toxic polarization to become incubators for solving the complex problems of our time.
Taeler Morgan (She/Hers) is the pastor of Gather Tacoma, and a church planting coach with the PCUSA and V3 Church Planting Movement. Taeler, her husband Tim, and their two kids, love hanging out in their neighborhood, exploring the Pacific Northwest, and finding adventure in the ordinary!
Theo Isoz (They/Them) is pretty sure that talking about sex is going to change the world. No really, it is. Conversations about sexuality radically address the core of relationships, identity, values, goals, and pleasure which allows people to know and respect themselves as well as the experiences, bodies, and selves of others. Theo is a sex educator and believes deeply in creating environments where people can claim autonomy over their bodies and pleasure and heal their relationship to their sexuality. In their off-time, Theo crafts and enjoys the menagerie of pets and humans that fill their home with chaos.