INTRODUCTION
About Our Contributors
Comment features the voices of a wide range of people, from writers and philosophers to practitioners and community leaders. We’re more than a magazine—we’re a movement.
Contributors to the Current Issue
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Anne Snyder
Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and oversees our partner project, Breaking Ground. She is the host of The Whole Person Revolution podcast and co-editor of Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year, published in January 2022.
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Sr. Carino Hodder
Sr Carino Hodder is a Dominican Sister of St. Joseph based in the New Forest, England. She has also written for The Lamp, The Pillar, and Plough.
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Esther Lightcap Meek
Esther Lightcap Meekis professor of philosophy emeritus at Geneva College, in western Pennsylvania, and senior scholar with the Seattle School for Theology and Psychology. Her most recent book is Doorway to Artistry: Attuning Your Philosophy to Enhance Your Creativity (Cascade, 2023). Her website is www.estherlightcapmeek.com. Follow her on Facebook (estherlightcapmeek), Instagram (@estherlightcapmeek), and Twitter (@esther_l_meek).
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Amy Low
Amy Low was managing director for fellowships and non-profit journalism at the Emerson Collective — one of Comment’s philanthropic supporters — where she directed efforts to empower individuals and newsrooms to strengthen our shared conversation in the public square. For over five years, while battling colon cancer, Amy wrote the Substack Postcards from the Mountain and published a book called The Brave In-Between: Notes from the Last Room. She leaves behind her children, Connor and Lucy, the two people she loved most in the world.
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Brad East
Brad East is associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas.
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Yana Jenay Conner
Yana Jenay Conner is a writer and Bible teacher who seeks to help others think well about faith and culture. She currently serves at Vertical Church as the adult ministry director and hosts a podcast called Living Single with Yana Jenay. You can learn more about her and what’s she up to at yanajenay.com.
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Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams is associate professor of black theology at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance, which was selected as a Choice Outstanding Title in theology, in 2014 (revised edition, 2021). Williams and his wife, Stacy, are the parents of a son, Darion, and a daughter, Simone.
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Ben Spencer
Ben Spencer was wrongfully convicted in 1988 and spent thirty-four years in prison before being fully exonerated in 2024. Sustained by his faith and family, Ben now shares his story to inspire others with his journey of hope and resilience.
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Matthew Ichihashi Potts
Matthew Ichihashi Potts is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University, and the Pusey Minister in the Harvard Memorial Church. His book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, is available from Yale University Press.
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Jeff Reimer
Jeff Reimer is a senior editor of Comment, and writes regularly on literature, art, faith, and culture. In addition to Comment, his writing has appeared in Commonweal, Plough, Fare Forward, and The Bulwark. He lives in Newton, Kansas, with his wife and four kids.
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