Why an Anthology?

This anthology comes to you from connect.faith, an organization made up of people who are looking for a place to exercise their spirituality through creativity and justice. We see a world that has put walls around Christianity that seems to try to keep people out. Here, in this Anthology, we are giving people a chance to share their literature, their stories, their poems, their memories in their version of what it means to write progressive Christian literature. We hope you will find your own story in their words and know that we are on a journey together to spread God’s love in this broken and hurting world.

In Christ’s Love,

Pastor Debbie Bronkema

Rev. Dr. Debbie Bronkema serves as Pastor of Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, and leader of the New Worshiping Community, connect.faith, an online community where creativity, spirituality and justice meet. She has published three books, Finding Manna, Midweek Meditations, and the latest entitled Writing Toward Wholeness: Exploring Creativity and Spirituality. She leads retreats and workshops on Creativity and Spirituality online and all over the country. Visit her at debbiebronkema.com.

Steve Berg is an engineer and project manager, who currently works at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport. He is an avid reader, and his creative writing has been well loved as an Elder for Pleasantville Presbyterian Church. He brought his hobbies and his project manager work together to help make A connect.faith Anthology come to life.