Rev. Bruce Epperly Ph.D. Biographical Information
Bruce Epperly has served as a congregational pastor and university chaplain, university and seminary professor and administrator, and is a prolific author and lectionary commentator. With over forty years joining pulpit and classroom, Bruce recently retired from coongregational ministry after serving eight years as Senior Pastor of South Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Centerville, MA . He has relocated from Cape Cod to the Washington DC suburbs to be closer to his family. He continues to teach as Adjunct Faculty at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC.
Ordained in the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he is the author of more than sixty books in theology, spirituality, healing and wholeness, scripture, and clergy wellbeing, including
The Jubilee Years: Embracing Clergy Retirement; A Center in a Cyclone: Twentieth Century Clergy Selfcare; Francis of Assisi: From Privilege to Activism; Mystics in Action: 12 Saints for Today; Prophetic Healing: Howard Thurman's Vision of Contemplative Activism; 101 Soul Seeds for Grandparents Working for a Better World; Process Theology: Embracing Adventure with God. 101 Soul Seeds for a Joyful Retirement. The majority of his publications are available on Amazon.
His most recent publication is The Elephant is Running: Process and Open and Relational Theologies and Religious Pluralism.
Two books soon to be published are: The Prophet Amos Speaks to America,, and We Are All Mystics: How Mysticism Can Change Your Life and Change the World .
Bruce is married to retired congregatioal pastor and holistic spiritual director Rev. Katherine Gould Epperly D. Min.
Both Bruce and Kate enjoy engagement together with their two young grandsons, as well as retreat and pilgrimate leadership.
Ordained in the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he is the author of more than sixty books in theology, spirituality, healing and wholeness, scripture, and clergy wellbeing, including
The Jubilee Years: Embracing Clergy Retirement; A Center in a Cyclone: Twentieth Century Clergy Selfcare; Francis of Assisi: From Privilege to Activism; Mystics in Action: 12 Saints for Today; Prophetic Healing: Howard Thurman's Vision of Contemplative Activism; 101 Soul Seeds for Grandparents Working for a Better World; Process Theology: Embracing Adventure with God. 101 Soul Seeds for a Joyful Retirement. The majority of his publications are available on Amazon.
His most recent publication is The Elephant is Running: Process and Open and Relational Theologies and Religious Pluralism.
Two books soon to be published are: The Prophet Amos Speaks to America,, and We Are All Mystics: How Mysticism Can Change Your Life and Change the World .
Bruce is married to retired congregatioal pastor and holistic spiritual director Rev. Katherine Gould Epperly D. Min.
Both Bruce and Kate enjoy engagement together with their two young grandsons, as well as retreat and pilgrimate leadership.