Michael B Curry Author

Jan Naylor Cope is the Provost of Washington National Cathedral. Prior to ordination, she served on the senior staff of the White House and later led her nationally recognized executive search firm. She is a frequent guest preacher and speaker nationally and internationally. She lives in Washington DC. Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer, is the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and co-chair of the Project on Unity and American Democracy at Vanderbilt University. As Canon Historian of Washington National Cathedral, he preaches and leads public conversations several times a year on issues of faith, spirituality, and civic life. The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry is the Episcopal Church’s 27th Presiding Bishop. He was the Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015. Bishop Curry has a national preaching and teaching ministry and is a regular on TV and radio and a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. His books include Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus; Following the Way of Jesus: Church’s Teachings for a Changing World; and Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times. Randolph Marshall Hollerith is the eleventh Dean of Washington National Cathedral who has reoriented the institution toward radical welcome and hospitality. He grew up in nearby Alexandria, Virginia, often visiting the Cathedral as a boy during its construction. MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE is the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and serves as president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. Prior to this, she served as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She earned her masters in divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary. The author of Gathering the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice, her sermons have been published in books and journals. Kelly Brown Douglas is an Episcopal priest and graduate (Master of Divinity degree, doctoral degree) of Union Theological Seminary in New York City where she is now inaugural Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Seminary. She lives in New York City. Dana Colley Corsello is the Canon Vicar of Washington National Cathedral and leader and pastor to the Cathedral Congregation. Previously, she served as the Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Francisco, where she was called to resurrect a prominent but dying parish. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr. is the Canon Missioner and Minister of Equity and Inclusion at Washington National Cathedral. Previously, he served as the Pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, for twenty-two years. Rosemarie Logan Duncan is the Canon for Worship at Washington National Cathedral. Prior to ordained ministry, she worked as a church musician and as a clinical psychologist. She is known as a gifted liturgist, strong administrator, and caring pastor. Patrick Keyser is the Priest Associate at Washington National Cathedral. He works with the Canon for Worship in assisting with liturgical planning and with the Canon Vicar in supporting the life of the cathedral congregation, especially with Christian formation and pastoral care.