Paul, MN. An ordained Lutheran (ELCA) pastor, she has served churches in Iowa and Wisconsin. She studies and writes about various topics, including God and suffering, biblical narrative, Jewish-Christian dialogue, preaching, and the Bible and ecology. She is author of "Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job" (Harvard, 2008). She also contributes regularly to Workingpreacher.org and EntertheBible.org.