Monday March 10, 2025, 12 PM EST Reverend Ryan Lindsay Arrendell, Emmy-award-winning journalist, preacher, writer, and entrepreneur
Rev. Ryan Lindsay Arrendell is an Emmy-award winning journalist, preacher, writer, and entrepreneur. She believes in storytelling & deep listening as powerful tools for healing & change. Whether she’s in the pulpit, the streets, the classroom or on the stage, Rev. Ryan leads with love to connect with those around her.
Rev. Ryan specializes in consulting & educating clergy and congregations about Abortion Justice, Access & Dignity. Her research explores how Christian women have navigated their abortion experiences, with the goal of creating a pastoral care guide, spiritual care guide & curriculum. Her forthcoming autobiographical collection of poetry & prose, Mine The Unseen, engages abortion as a pathway to healing while navigating the reality of choosing to have an abortion as a Black, Christian, woman in America.
A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Rev. Ryan serves at Double Love Experience Church in Brooklyn, NY under the leadership of Rev. Drs. Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes & Andrew Wilkes. She answered her call to ministry in May 2019 while working as a journalist for an NPR affiliate station in Hartford, CT. Originally from Washington D.C., Rev. Ryan Lindsay preached her first sermon as a teenager during a Youth Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Min. Ryan Lindsay’s brand GLOSSRAGS gained notoriety for The And Counting Collection, a series of apparel that memorialized Black folk slain by police & anti-Black citizens. The collection, which debuted in April 2014, featured over 30 sisters & brothers, was laid to rest in 2018. ESSENCE, Fast Company, The Fader, Complex & other outlets have all covered GLOSSRAGS.
Rev. Ryan is a contributor to The Christian Citizen, a publication at the intersection of faith, politics, discipleship & citizenship that covers current events & contemporary issues.
Monday March 17, 2025 12 PM EST Alison Kling, CEO of Free 2 Teach
Alison Kling is the CEO of Free 2 Teach and is passionate about equipping public school children, classrooms, and educators with supplies and resources. Alison started her career in education as an elementary school teacher in New York City Public Schools with Teach for America. In addition to her undergraduate work, she holds a Master’s in Education (M.S.) from Hunter College and a Master’s of Divinity (M.Div.) from Princeton Theological Seminary as well as a certificate in Forced Migration Studies from Oxford University. She and her husband, David, live in Huntsville with their four children, George, Teddy, Jack and Lucy.
Monday March 24, 2025 12 PM EST Starlette Thomas, Director of The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The Reverend Dr. Starlette Thomas is the director of The Raceless Gospel Initiative, named for her work and witness and an associate editor at Good Faith Media. Her writings have been featured in Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, Free Black Thought, Word & Way, Plough and Nurturing Faith Journal among others. She is a frequent guest on podcasts and hosts her own, The Raceless Gospel podcast, which takes her listeners to a virtual church service where she and her guests tackle that taboo trinity— race, religion and politics. A womanist in ministry, she has served as both a pastor and denominational leader. An unrepentant academician and bibliophile, Starlette is a graduate of Buffalo State College (B.A., English), Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (M.Div.) and Wesley Theological Seminary (D. Min.). Starlette is the author of "Take Me to the Water": The Raceless Gospel as Baptismal Pedagogy for a Desegregated Church and a contributing author of the book Faith Forward: A Dialogue on Children, Youth & a New Kind of Christianity.
Monday March 31, 2025 12 PM EST Christie Hackley, Registered Dietitian
Christie Hackley is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Wellness. Working in a variety of clinical settings, she quickly realized the importance of healing one’s relationship with food and grew a passion for intuitive eating. As a registered yoga teacher, her approach to health and wellness goes beyond the plate, to explore what our minds and bodies need to live well. Hackley loves teaching and helping people improve their quality of life. She focuses on helping others optimize their health by meeting them wherever they are in their intuitive eating journey. She also enjoys cooking, trying new restaurants and spending time with her family.
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