Rev. Dr. Candice Bist is a practical theologian exploring how a life of faith may sustain us outside the common North American cultural narrative and bring us to a place where compassion is our first choice. She defines faith as the living protest against anything that does not hold all life, all matter, all people and all situations as sacred.

Madelaine is philosopher and technology ethicist whose vocation involves grace-formed asking, generous listening, intentional writing, and collaborative speaking. She believes ethics is an embodied practice and is ever-exploring ways of being that expand moral perception.