Meg Jenista is an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church of North America, serving two churches for a total of 15 years. In conjunction with her PhD studies, Meg serves as the Project Director for the Center for Public Justice’s Compelling Preaching Grant Initiative, Church Reforming: Preaching for a Pluralistic Age. Pastoring in Washington DC from 2012-2023, she is eager to better understand the role of preaching in relation to political discipleship. Standing at the intersection of public and practical theologies — specifically the disciplines of political theology and preaching — she finds compelling resources for her research interests (1) in the Neo-Calvinist tradition, especially the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, (2) in decolonial hermeneutics and homiletics and (3) in the field of public theology more broadly.