Sharei Green (she/her) is a Womanist theologian currently pursuing her MDiv at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Sitting at the intersection of fat, Black, femme and queer, Sharei has committed herself to creating spaces of community healing and sabbath, especially for Black women/ femmes and all their intersections. You can find her writings online at Living Lutheran, Gather magazine, and Café magazine.

Nikki Faison (she/her)is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America serving as the program director for African Descent Ministries. Nikki is the creator of MONadvocacy, a racial justice resource grounded in play. She is passionate about queer Black liberation, cultivating diverse leadership in faith spaces, and the art of creation. In her free time, Nikki is studying for her Doctorate in Ministry degree at United Lutheran Seminary. She resides in the Chicagoland area with her spouse, daughters, and two cats, Penne Pablo and Rigatoni Braxton. You can find more of her work featured in A Sanctified Art LLC’s 2023-2024 Advent series and 2024 Lenten series.