Lara Blackwood Pickrel is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and currently serves as Associate Minister for Youth & Young Adults at Hillside Christian Church in Kansas City, MO. She considers the following things crucial to her character: a passionate love for black jellybeans; a desire to help people of all ages to find wholeness through relationship with God, one another, and themselves; a love for words, books, and eloquent turns of phrase; and soul-friends who are companions on the journey.
