About the Host and the Co-Host – Production – Podcasts

MEET OUR HOSTS

Fran Barber

Fran is an ordained minister in the Uniting Church of Australia where she has served in congregational and chaplaincy ministry for over 19 years. Currently the Coordinator of Continuing Education for Ministers, Fran supports and resources colleagues in the joys and challenges of ministry in the 21st century. A wide reader, Fran loves to explore the art and practice of preaching, engagement in public theology, and discover more about church history.

Monica Melanchthon

Monica is a Lutheran minister and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies at the Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne. Monica positions herself as a feminist advocate and a liberation theologian, committed to producing reflections and texts that resist cultures and languages of dominance that exclude the voices of the oppressed. You can view Monica's research and publications here.

Sally Douglas

Sally is a Uniting Church Minister serving an inner city parish, an Associate Lecturer at Pilgrim Theological College, and an Honorary Research Associate within the University of Divinity. Sally has published on christology, gender, discipleship and soteriology in the biblical text, early church and in contemporary theology. Sally also regularly writes on topics of spirituality, church, gender and theology for popular audiences. You can find some of these articles here.

Kylie Crabbe

Kylie is Senior Research Fellow in Biblical and Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, a Uniting Church Minister, and an Associate Teacher at Pilgrim Theological College. Kylie has particular interests in understandings of time, hope, and eschatology in antiquity, emotions in historical work, and disability and intersectionality in biblical studies and ancient and contemporary settings. See her publications here.

Howard Wallace

Howard is a (retired) Professor of Old Testament and Uniting Church Minister. He did his doctoral work at Harvard before returning to Australia to teach in Sydney and Melbourne. Howard provides lectionary-based reflections and other biblical resources on his website.

Robyn Whitaker

Robyn is a Uniting Church Minister and Associate Professor of New Testament at Pilgrim Theological College within the University of Divinity. She has published on Revelation, the gospels, and feminist biblical studies. Robyn frequently writes on issues relating to gender, sexuality, politics, and the Bible in popular and mainstream media outlets. You can find some of her articles by clicking the icon below her name.