Jo has always wanted to have an author photo because they have always wanted to be an author. However, they are not currently getting paid to write, unless you count sermons, newsletters, and the occasional website copy, so they’re putting thoughts out into the universe in the hopes that one day, someone will take an author photo of them with a better camera than their partner’s iPhone (which actually did a great job with this photo).

Born and raised in a small town in Western North Carolina, Jo is currently working as a freelance web designer, writer, podcast producer, and administrator, after working as a bartender, serving in the mountains of North Carolina as a licensed local pastor in the United Methodist Church, and gallavanting as a planetarium educator. They received their bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy from UNC-Chapel Hill and earned a Masters in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh and a Masters of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in DC. It’s been an interesting time. Their hobbies are watering their plants, carefully considering every thought their anxiety throws at them, and thinking about getting a dog.

All text, photos, and footage, unless otherwise attributed, are by Jo Schonewolf. You can find other work by them on The Resistance Prays, Fidelia Magazine, and their podcast, What the Hell is a Pastor.