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Having grown up in a New York interfaith family, I learned early to enjoy and celebrate diversity in one another’s faiths. My parents left the Catholic Church when I was nine years of age. Later, my mother became a Sufi, my father an atheist, one sister became Bahai, and the other converted to Judaism. Today I understand the Presbyterian Church USA tradition as richly rooted and dedicated to honoring unity in diversity, meaning we don’t have to be like-minded to learn from and with one another. The more diverse a congregation is, including our understandings, beliefs, and practices, the richer the congregation. Prior to St Luke, I served at Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church in Mill Valley and Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon working with children and youth before receiving a Master of Divinity from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo. I currently serve on the Committee on Ministry for the Presbytery of the Redwoods. I’ve lived in Marin County for twenty-one years, have two adult children, Morgan and Charlotte, and many friends for whom I am most grateful.