Rev. Bruce Epperly, Ph.D., is a theologian, spiritual guide, pastor, and writer, recently retired after eight years as Senior Pastor at South Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Centerville, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and now living in Bethesda, Maryland. He served on the faculties and of Georgetown University, Claremont School of Theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Lancaster Theological Seminary.  He has also served for nearly twenty years as Protestant University Chaplain at Georgetown University and for eight years as Director of Continuing Education at Lancaster Theological Seminary.  

Bruce is currently a professor of spirituality, ministry, and theology in the doctoral program at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C. He is the author of over sixty books in the areas of process theology, spirituality, ministerial excellence and spiritual formation, scripture, and healing and wholeness, including Process Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed; Process Theology: Embracing Adventure with God; Mystics in Action: Twelve Saints for Today; Walking with Francis of Assisi: From Privilege to Activism; Prophetic Healing: Howard Thurman’s Vision of Contemplative Activism; and Finding God in Suffering: A Journey with Job.

 In “retirement,” he teaches, writes, gives seminars and lectures, and grandparents.  He can be reached at drbruceepperly@gmail.com.