CHRISTOPHER GRUNDY teaches preaching and worship at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis. He is a performing songwriter, author, liturgical writer, and speaker. His top three vocational passions are: researching the connections between violence and Holy communion, gathering (and writing) musical resources for more progressive/ emergent/tolerant Christian communities, and being a father of three boys and a partner in marriage with Carla Tellor Grundy. Christopher is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.