“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. I needed to introduce myself to the speaker for that evening’s lecture, a biblical...About Author
Melanie Weldon-Soiset
Melanie Weldon-Soiset loves languages and books. Her parents tell her she delighted in speaking her own secret language as a baby, and Melanie’s teachers often had to tell her to “shush!” during class. Thankfully, this native Georgian found a productive way to engage her linguistic interests by studying Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia. Along with her husband Brian, Melanie moved to Hangzhou, China in 2011 to study another language, Mandarin. A passion for paradox drives her Methodist thirst for theology, so Melanie earned her Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2010. In Shanghai, she flexed her MDiv muscles as the Teaching Pastor at a nondenominational church of 2000 immigrants from 100 different countries. After returning to the US, and to Washington, DC in 2016, Melanie served as the Fellowship Program Director at Sojourners from 2017-2019.
Melanie is a contemplative poet, pastoral ordination candidate in the United Methodist Church, and #ChurchToo survivor. When she's not writing, she's likely gardening in her back yard, or biking on local DC green ways. Find her online at melanieweldonsoiset.com or over at Twitter @MelanieWelSoi.