The Reverend Jes Kast is the lead Pastor of Faith United Church of Christ in State College, Pennsylvania where she has served for seven years. Before that, she served West End Collegiate Church in New York City, after growing up in Michigan. Her wife, daughter, and their beloved dog can be found on family walks when they are not home. Or you may find Jes in her garden, that she lovingly calls her Hildegarden, her hands in the Pennsylvania soil. You can keep up with her writing on her Substack, Becoming Good Neighbors, where Jes reflects on how to love and live in a divided America with hope and truth.