Joy J. Moore became President and Professor of Homiletics at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois, in December 2024.

Prior to that she served as Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary and co-host of Sermon Brainwave podcast (2019-24) and Narrative Lectionary podcast (2022-24).

An “Ecclesial Storyteller” Dr. Joy seeks to encourage theologically framed, biblically attentive, and socially compelling interpretations of Christian Scripture to understand contemporary community formation (all that means is she tells community-forming stories from the Bible as a follower of Christ!). An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, she served as president of the Wesleyan Theological Society from 2020 to 2022. Currently, she is working with the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project, developing resources for preaching in an age of contempt. And yes, she is still fascinated by the Marvel Universe!

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