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Melanie Weldon-Soiset

Melanie Weldon-Soiset loves languages. This native Georgian studied Spanish and Comparative Literature at The University of Georgia, as well as Mandarin in Hangzhou, China. Along with her husband Brian, Melanie lived in Hangzhou, then Shanghai, from 2011-2016. Melanie also loves paradoxes. Perhaps this craving to connect disparate things contributed to her calling to China, as well as to her desire to study theology. Melanie earned her M.Div. from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC in 2010. In Shanghai, she flexed her M.Div. muscles as the Teaching Pastor at a nondenominational church of 2000 immigrants from over 100 nations. Melanie is now back in DC, where she serves as the Fellowship Program Director at Sojourners. When Melanie isn’t writing ordination papers to become a UMC Deacon, she is writing poems or theological reflections, biking around the neighborhood, or finding God in the laundry, dishes, and other glimpses of everyday grace. Read more from Melanie at Medium: https://medium.com/@melanieweldonsoiset.

“In the Beginning”

The first thing I noticed as I entered the auditorium was the pile of Ken Ham books. Titles like The Lie: Evolution screamed at me from the table while I tried to take in the scene. ...
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