Gavin Chase (he/him) is a writer and editor from Chicago. He is currently working on a Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary, where his research includes the intersections of religion, society, and ecology, primarily engaging constructive theology and decolonial theory. In addition to his studies, Gavin works as associate editor for God Here & Now Magazine at the Center for Barth Studies as well as tends the chickens at Princeton's Farminary Project. He and his wife Katie reside in Princeton, NJ, and cherish life with their young daughter Robin. Gavin loves making music with friends, writing and reading poetry, crying to good films, drinking beer, and the endless journey of learning to garden.  

David Katibah has spent nearly a decade working with international nonprofits supporting global peacebuilding, currently serving as the Director of Communications and Christian Engagement at The Telos Group, a DC-based multi-faith peacemaking nonprofit focused on transforming conflict in Israel/Palestine and the US. He has degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Outside of Telos, David serves on the board of Peace Catalyst International and is a Core Team member of the Christian Peacebuilding Network. As an American of Syrian descent, David is passionate about conflict transformation in the Middle East and the transformative potential of Christians participating in peacebuilding around the globe. He has spent time living and working in East Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East, and writes about peace, theopoetics, and imagination on his substack, “Awakenings.”

Annah Kuriakose is a recent Princeton Seminary graduate (MTS, Biblical Studies) who came to seminary trained as a teacher and physician. Her work has focused on creating equitable access to health and education for underserved populations, with a particular passion for curating conditions and curricula to support physical, mental, and spiritual health. Her theological interests include the Hebrew Bible, theology of the body, and liberation theologies. Fun fact: during seminary, she also took up improv and boxing. Hot take: physiology should be taught in seminary.

Yanan (he/him) is a theologian and composer from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, who works at the intersections of theology, politics, and the arts. His writing has appeared in Sojourners, Christianity Today, Geez Magazine, and Bittersweet Monthly, among other outlets. In 2021, he released a piano-based record called After Supper, a set of musings on eucharistic decay and the poetic nature of faith.

Ryan Snyder is a graduate student at Villanova University where he studies the United States in the World during the twentieth century, focusing on the dynamics of global capitalism in theories and practices of economic development. He is currently an intern at the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest.

A Chicago resident but from West Virginia, Emma Yeager is a student of divinity and the history of Christianity at The University of Chicago Divinity School. She holds a B.A. in Theology and is a Disciples Divinity House Scholar at The University of Chicago. An avid lover of all things history, Emma works in the Research Archives of The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures while she trains to be a medievalist. When she is not reading or writing about medieval ecology and cosmology or women's spirituality, she enjoys long walks on Lake Michigan, exploring her city, and stimulating conversations over iced chai lattes.