[@CarolHoward] is a Senior Consultant for the Center for Progressive Renewal" and "She writes a monthly column for theChristian Century entitled 'Church in the Making'. Carol served as a pastor for 13 years, ministering with growing Presbyterian Churches in the swamps of Cajun Louisiana, a bayside village in Rhode Island, and in an urban neighborhood in D.C. She is the award-winning author of Tribal Church (Alban 2007) and Reframing Hope (Alban 2010). She has contributed to numerous books, websites, magazines, and journals. Her blog, TribalChurch.org, is hosted by the Christian Century. She blogs regularly at Huffington Post. Carol is a sought-after speaker and she co-hosts God Complex Radio, a podcast with Derrick Weston. Carol lives in Chattanooga, TN with her daughter and husband, Brian Merritt, who is starting a new church.