Jane Herring

Rev. J. M. Herring is a second career pastor, having taught college literature classes for the University of Memphis and the University of Davenport. She completed a residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Veterans’ Administration and first served as a hospital and hospice chaplain until being called and installed to parish ministry.

Jane is a writer and retreat leader as well, interested in spiritual disciplines such as prayer, silence, art as faith practice, and meditation. Jane believes in the healing power of spiritual practices as life-giving and transformative tools to support us in our lifelong journeys of faith in Christ.

Jane is a writer for Upper Room Books and author of One Day I Wrote Back: Interacting with Scripture through Creative Writing, as well as numerous articles and contributions to the daily devotional publication Disciplines.

Jane earned her Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 2012 and was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in 2013 by the PC(USA).