Jeanne Torrence Finley

Jeanne Torrence Finley is a writer and retired United Methodist clergywoman. Professionally she has been a college English teacher, campus minister, and pastor of rural churches in southwest Virginia. From 2007 to 2020 she was a writer for FaithLink, a UMC curriculum on faith and current affairs. She has been a contributor to Englewood Review of Books and the author of three curriculum books from Abingdon Press, including Three Simple Rules for Christian Living (an expansion of Reuben Job’s Three Simple Rules.) Currently she is working on a book with Noel Paul Stookey (the “Paul” of Peter, Paul, and Mary) about his music, social activism, and spiritual journey.

Jeanne is a graduate of Pfeiffer University (B.A. in English), University of Tennessee (M.A. in English), Candler School of Theology at Emory University (M.T.S.) and Vanderbilt Divinity School (M.Div.).